The movements of most shark species are fairly predictable, he says. “They’ll go one place during the day, and one place at night. But for the most part we don’t see that with tiger sharks.

The rig shark, a small species that inhabits the coastal waters of New Zealand, typically lives near the seafloor and plays a key role in the region’s commercial fishing industry. Unlike most ...

This summer, we’re looking at three shark species with notorious reputations ... turns to face you that you understand why it’s the most feared animal on Earth. From the front its head ...

But scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand recently recorded a rig shark, or Mustelus lenticulatus, making a sharp clicking sound, most likely by snapping its teeth together ...

Number of species ... a dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus). Largest egg in the world: An egg case of the whale shark found in the Gulf of Mexico measured 12 by 5.5 by 3.5 inches. Most travelled ...

The angel shark does not want to ... army of people to track them. But the most promising place for deploying eDNA may be Earth’s oceans, where many species remain unknown and many threats ...

Depending on species and diet, over its entire lifetime a shark can produce between 20,000 and 40,000 teeth. This means that there is a much greater chance that a shark tooth will be preserved and ...

The shark species grows to about 700mm (27in) and was identified as new based on its distinct variegated colouration and a “small maximum size”, scientists say. It has been known mostly only ...