A shark that walks on land at low tide just turned up in one of the ocean's most remote corners, and scientists are already worried it could vanish before we fully understand it.

In the shallow waters of Papua New Guinea, researchers have uncovered a shark that moves by walking on the seafloor, never ...

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

The creature belongs to a unique group of sharks whose members can use their strong pectoral fins like legs to get around ...

With a bulging head that looks like it swallowed a gavel, there's no mistaking the animal: It’s a hammerhead shark. Across the globe, there are more than nine hammerhead species, many of which are ...

New research reveals the unusual shape, size and pattern of the dermal denticles that cover basking sharks—thought to be ...

A view of oceanic whitetip reef shark, who faces danger of extinction due to climate change and human pollution. Over 70 species of sharks and rays may soon receive their strongest lifeline yet. On ...

The world's top wildlife trade organization increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win." Signatories to the ...

The stretch of water between Italy and Tunisia is thought to be one of the last strongholds for the Mediterranean Sea’s ...