It would be more than 30 years before scientists would finally find out the most basic of these questions – and in doing so discover a completely new shark species. More than two decades into ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new-to-science hammerhead species, the shovelhead shark, has been hiding in plain sight for three centuries due to its close resemblance to a ...

These cold-blooded animals exhibit a unique curiosity toward humans. Here’s a look at the most aggressive shark species that pose a threat. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias ...

Florida International University (FIU) scientists have finally identified a new species of hammerhead shark years after first collecting samples, but the shark's official discovery comes as its ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and cofounder of Microsoft. The existence of the new species ...

A new species of “ghost shark” with a distinctive beak-like mouth has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean. The new “spookfish” was found living deep in the waters of Australia and New Zealand by ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft.

The new species of ghost shark has a beak-like mouth and a whip-like tail (National Institute Of Water and) "Ghost sharks like this one are largely confined to the ocean floor, living in depths of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new species of shark in South America. The shovellbill shark, Sphyrna alleni, was hiding in plain sight due to its resemblance to the ...

Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research, led to the discovery of a new species of hammerhead shark ...

23 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Researchers suspected these animals were being misidentified as a known species of hammerhead shark. To investigate, they analyzed the body shape ...

A new species of hammerhead shark has been discovered, and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and a well-known champion for marine conservation who played a ...