Sharks have a reputation for being some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. The sight of a great white’s gaping maw ...

Instead of bones, sharks have thick cartilage that acts as a skeleton. The cartilage is ... t survive when Earth entered an ...

The video below from National Geographic shows slow-motion video of goblin sharks gobbling food in this very alien way. So what is that giant beak used for? Shark snouts in general have sensors on ...

Sharks also come in many different shapes, from the speedy torpedo design of great whites to the long, tooth-lined snouts of sawsharks. The odd-looking goblin shark even has a flabby body and ...

If you thought white sharks were scary, wait until you get a load of this monstrous goblin shark caught off the northeast coast of Taiwan. Goblin sharks are bottom dwellers, patrolling the ...

When someone says "shark," the first images that come to ... forward to the length of their very long and flat snouts. Goblin sharks are found throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans ...

It is currently the largest goblin shark ever recovered in Taiwan. Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum Goblin sharks are bizarre-looking creatures, with a long protruding snout and a clutch of spiky teeth.

Pollerspöck said that it was possible for goblin sharks to be lurking in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. But he said that none had been found. The shark’s unusual appearance wasn’t the ...

Now, scientists are peering inside shark skeletons ... thick struts that help the skeleton withstand strain from multiple directions—a critical adaptation for sharks, whose constant swimming ...

The accidental catch was identified as a goblin shark. Goblin sharks are a poorly understood and rarely seen shark species named for their “long and scraggly” teeth, according to Oceana.

Fishers who caught the deep-sea shark originally planned on selling it to a restaurant, but the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum obtained the specimen and plans on displaying it. When you purchase ...

and the goblin shark’s sizeable one is no exception. It helps them sense even weak electric fields of the world around them. Goblin sharks, which we learned about on Boing Boing, aren’t the ...