Where it lives: Western Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. What it eats: Fish, crabs, squid, cuttlefish, octopus and other sharks. Why it's awesome: The ...

There is no indication that the photograph was digitally edited, and it indeed depicts a real animal. Separately, the tasseled wobbegong, or "carpet shark," is a real species. However ... What's False ...

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 ...

The photo says it all: an alien-looking shark, adorned with mossy hairs and a flat face, with its mouth agape and a slender bamboo shark headfirst inside. Though not unusual for a shark to snack on ...

A man has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a wobbegong shark while spearfishing in WA's South West. Witnesses say the shark clamped onto the man's forearm and was stabbed multiple times ...

A man in his 70s was attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia this weekend, punching it in the head to escape. Richard Stubbs, 77, was snorkeling around 160 feet off the shore in Yallingup ...

Coral reef scientists got more than they bargained for during a fish survey off the Great Keppel Island off the east coast of Australia: A shark eating another shark. National Geographic Coral reef ...

Two children have been left with lacerations following a suspected wobbegong shark attack on Western Australia's south coast. The boys were snorkelling in a shallow cove near Albany when they ...

SeaWorld San Diego will reopen its Bayside Aquarium on Friday, letting park visitors experience a variety of endangered and vulnerable species up close, it was announced Tuesday. Formerly known as the ...

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