The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

Researchers in New Zealand found that a small species of shark makes noises with their teeth when touched by humans — and now ...

Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.

A thresher shark conservation effort in eastern Indonesia focusing on alternative sources of income has reduced up to 90% of ...

Researchers long believed sharks to be silent animals based on their anatomy, but unprecedented evidence shows the rig shark ...

Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which ...

The sighting “highlights the importance of modern, cost-effective technologies to survey the deep sea and locate these lost ...

Her project was focused on the hearing capabilities of several sharks, including the rig shark, a small species that is native to the coastal waters around New Zealand. But something odd happened ...

Teeth from sharks and rays can be used to study their diet, but one of the biggest challenges in shark science is collecting ...

A common species of shark in New Zealand has been recorded making clicking sounds underwater. Researchers hypothesise that the noise comes from the spotted estuary smooth-hound forcefully snapping ...

Human actions, such as incidental fishing and ineffective policies, push one-third of shark populations toward extinction.

The encounter took place in the Hauraki Gulf, where a University of Auckland research team was analyzing ocean behavior in search of feeding frenzies. Initially bewildered by what appeared to be an ...