Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages. By Jack Tamisiea Life in the ocean’s dark depths can be ...

To say spotted ratfish are unusual is an understatement. Related to sharks, they abound in the inky dark depths of the Puget Sound. Armed with a venomous fin, they swim gracefully along the sea floor ...

One of a blacktip reef sharks’ top teeth as seen under a scanning electron microscope. CREDIT: Maximilian Baum (HHU) / Steffen Köhler (HHU). Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Bull sharks (Carcharhinus Leucas) are one of the ocean’s most fearsome creatures. Although some animals may prey on bull sharks, such as crocodiles, killer whales, and the occasional great white shark ...