The pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum) is a small, nocturnal predator boasting distinctive stripes, resembling pyjamas. Found off the South African coast in rocky reefs and kelp forests, these sharks ...

The most fin-tastic exhibit on the Strip is adding to its roster. Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef unveiled its new “Rocky Coast” exhibit this week, featuring four new species of sharks including the leopard ...

One thing this video makes clear: Never wrestle a creature with eight arms — even if you are a shark. Marine scientists captured footage of an octopus restraining a tenacious shark so it could make ...

A common octopus fights off an attack by a pyjama shark in Blue Planet II. (Photo: BBC 2017) We’ve seen a lot of amazing things in the first four weeks of BBC America’s Blue Planet II, but the Feb. 17 ...

New roommates can be dicey, but imagine the unease among the penguins at the California Academy of Sciences. In a few weeks, they'll be sharing their living quarters with a school of sharks. Academy ...

Monitoring and studying wildlife as closely as the Blue Planet II crew do in order to make the show, they're occasionally privy to never before observed creatures and behaviours. We saw that in ...

Rare footage of so-called "alien" sharks in their natural habitat has been revealed by a wildlife biologist who was blown away to see the beasts off the coast of South Africa. Pyjama shark's way of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...