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The cookiecutter shark is actually a very small species that lives in the deep ocean below 3,200 feet. At night, however, the sharks rise to the surface in order to feed, and it's the way they ...
There's no Daddy Shark in sight at a Chicago-area zoo where an epaulette shark pup hatched this summer. ... No Daddy Shark in sight: Zoo greets a cute shark pup after apparent parthenogenesis.
Most people would likely scurry away at the sight of a shark fin sticking out of the water, but a trio of paddlers on a recent day instead got an up-close, hour-long encounter with a curious blue ...
The first pocket shark was found 36 years ago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and it's been sitting in a Russian museum since. This pocket shark was a male, maybe a few weeks old, about ...
Rare, cute pocket shark found in deep. THINK Jaws crossed with a kangaroo, with maybe a touch of cute kitten, and you’ve got the pocket shark — the newest and rarest species found.
It's a rare case of parthenogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction, according to the zoo. The female shark had not been living among males "Beginning in 2022, the adult female shark began laying ...
Most people would likely scurry away at the sight of a shark fin sticking out of the water, but a trio of paddlers on a recent day instead got an up-close, hour-long encounter with a curious blue ...
Found near New Zealand’s South Island by a team of scientists from the country’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), this juvenile deep-water ghost shark is thought to have ...
The epaulette shark pup hatched this summer at Brookfield Zoo, just west of Chicago. Its mother has been at the zoo since 2019; in that time, she’s never shared a tank with a male.