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

Mark Erdmann Researchers in Papua New Guinea have made a rare discovery in the unusual group known as walking sharks, but the ...

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

In a new study led by University of Delaware researchers Aaron Carlisle and Ed Hale, researchers point to concerns in the ...

Over 200 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are found in Philippine waters, but more than half of these species are facing extinction due to habitat degradation, bycatch, and illegal trade. Worse, ...

For the first time, global governments have agreed to widespread international trade bans and restrictions for sharks and rays being driven to extinction. Last week, more than 70 shark and ray species ...

Rising sea temperatures may have played a role in the unusual sighting of the endangered species in Korea's waters.

Italian naturalist, Camilo Ranzani's original 1840 illustration of Carcharhinus porosus, known as the smalltail shark, taken from the Center For Biological Diversity's suit filed in Feb. 2025 against ...