The animal is now formally named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, or Dudgeon's Walking Shark, the release noted. Scientists confirmed ...

The remarkable creature, discovered in Papua New Guinea, is capable of dragging most of its body out of the water using its ...

The creature belongs to a unique group of sharks whose members can use their strong pectoral fins like legs to get around ...

They can also walk on land. They use their muscular, lobed pectoral fins to stroll around coral reefs when they’re underwater ...

Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.

When someone says "shark," the first images that come to mind for many people are rather typical – great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks. But there are some species lurking beneath the sea that ...

Meet Dudgeon’s walking shark, the 10th known species in a genus famous for using their fins as legs to "walk" and the first ...

A hammerhead shark species discovered by FIU scientists finally has a name and its namesake is the late Paul G. Allen, philanthropist and cofounder of Microsoft. The existence of the new species, ...

The new method helps to quickly map the distribution of different species on a large scale. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on ...

The elusive and “iconic” deep-sea goblin shark, for the first time ever, has been spotted in its natural habitat — thousands ...

A recent viral shark attack video has renewed public interest in dangerous shark species. The article highlights seven sharks ...