A rare shark species thought to be wiped out due to overfishing has been spotted for the first time after over five decades in Papua New Guinea, shedding more light on the region’s rich biodiversity.

One of the authors of the study said they identified two rare species of shark, which were last seen in 2014, by scanning ...

Five decades ago, a single description of the rare sailback houndshark was recorded. The pregnant shark, captured by a fisherman, was small with a wide mouth, short snout, large eyes, and a dorsal fin ...

A giant shark was reeled in during a sport fishing trip in Costa Rica that is being hailed as a first-of-its-kind catch. The six-and-a-half-foot-long shark exhibited xanthism, a rare pigmentation ...

A rare shark couple found for the first time off the coast of Australia may force a rethink of the species' range. Two years ago, a sport fisherman caught a pair of rare sharks off Rottnest Island in ...

MIAMI, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking test developed by an FIU scientist can detect small, elusive hammerheads without ever setting eyes on them — a critical new tool for species ...

In 1973, researchers scientifically described a species of shark based on a single specimen: a pregnant female caught a few years earlier by a fisherman near the mouth of the Gogol River in Astrolabe ...