Most shark reports concern the more common varieties, but there are more than 400 known species of sharks, and some of them are very rare. Frilled sharks, often called 'living fossils' are one of ...

AUSTRALIA (KABC) -- Some fisherman are still reeling from a very unusual catch they made off the coast of Australia. The fishermen were out looking for perch when they caught a frilled shark. It has a ...

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Normally, we wouldn't call something a living fossil. But the name seems tailor-made for the frilled shark, whose roots are traced to 80 million years ago. Its prehistoric origins are obvious in its ...

The researchers who discovered the shark off the Algarve coast were working on a European Union project in the area, the BBC reported. The goal of the project was to "minimize unwanted catches in ...

Fishermen never know what they might catch when they hit the waters. They may go looking for one thing—or nothing at all—and come back with something totally unexpected. That's what recently happened ...

The world may seem like it’s in shambles, but ocean scientists are having quite a run. Over the last year, the ocean has periodically belched up prehistoric deep sea creatures for photographing, ...

AUSTRALIA -- Some fisherman are still reeling from a very unusual catch they made off the coast of Australia. The fishermen were out looking for perch when they caught a frilled shark. It has a mouth ...

The frilled shark's roots are traced to 80 million years ago. Its prehistoric origins are obvious in its primitive body; nearly all of the rare... Normally, we wouldn't call something a living fossil.

A 300-toothed frilled shark, with a face fitting of a sea monster, was caught off the waters of Victoria, Australia, last month. The rarely sighted shark has ancestors dating back 80 million years and ...