Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor. The angular ...

In the mysterious world of the ocean’s depths, there’s a creature so bizarre that it looks like it swam straight out of a sci-fi movie. Meet the goblin shark — an ancient, rarely seen predator whose ...

Typically, angular roughsharks are a dark gray-brown or black color, helping them blend into their dark deep-sea habitat. This individual? Had pale, whitish-gray patches on its body. A rare ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Sharks are one of the most fascinating creatures in the ocean. These ancient creatures have roamed Earth's oceans for over 400 million years. Found in every ocean, they range from tiny reef dwellers ...

A bizarre-looking shark species straight out of a horror movie has been discovered deep in the ocean. This new huge-eyed species is a type of "ghost shark," or chimaera, which are some of the oldest ...

It may be early to get the Halloween decorations out for most, but in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, spooky season is well underway. Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a new species of ...

The species they assessed included iconic examples such as the whale shark, manta ray, and the megamouth shark, and also many lesser known, but just as interesting deep-sea species, such as the pygmy ...

Two tiny new species, a porcelain crab and a lantern shark, were discovered during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park, recent research confir ...