This megamouth shark’s unexpected appearance off Tanzania’s coastline serves as a poignant reminder that, despite our ...

The first ever pregnant megamouth shark to be found washed up in the Philippines in December 2023. It was 5.5m long and each of its unborn pups had been expelled from the mother's body on the shore.

With a bulbous head and 50 rows of tiny teeth, the 66th megamouth shark ever seen in the world washed ashore on the morning of Jan. 28 in Pio Duran, Albay, the Philippines, according to Marine ...

A dead 18-foot megamouth shark that washed up on the beach in the Philippines was pregnant, confirming for the first time that these mysterious creatures give birth to live young. The shark was ...

The Conversation Studying and eventually preserving the megamouth will help researchers learn more about the puzzling species Researchers found that the sharks are 'functionally extinct' in 20 ...

Megamouth sharks are an incredibly rare species, with only 273 recorded sightings to date. They typically reside in deep waters during daylight hours and ascend to shallower depths at night in ...

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species have teeth, but they are largely vestigial - meaning they once served a purpose but over time the animal ...

Sharks have been losing teeth for 400 million years. Here’s a guide to uncovering some of these plentiful fossils across the country Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation ...

Together with basking and megamouth sharks, they are one of just three planktivorous or filter-feeding sharks and have cruised the world’s seas for some 50 million years. Little is known of their ...