The post The 8 Orders of Sharks and Which Species Belong in Each One appeared first on A-Z Animals. There are more than 500 species of sharks living today. Although they all share the same basic ...

New assessments by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show 316 chondrichthyan species – sharks, rays and skates, and chimaeras – are now threatened with extinction. “These ...

The species they assessed included iconic examples such as the whale shark, manta ray, and the megamouth shark, and also many lesser known, but just as interesting deep-sea species, such as the pygmy ...

Bluntnose sixgill sharks are something of an enigma, even to scientists who study them. Using data collected over more than ...

A newly described species of ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been identified from deep waters off Costa Rica using both physical characteristics and genetic evidence.

Scientists say different species of shark are becoming more common in southern waters because of the rise in water temperature. Bryce Stewart of the Plymouth-based marine research charity Marine ...