The footage was taken during a survey of Timor-Leste’s deep sea environment, a South-East Asian nation that takes up half the island of Timor. This discovery came as researchers used ‘low cost deep ...

Aquarium staff in Louisiana have been left baffled by a miraculous 'virgin birth' in their shark exhibit. 'Yoko' the young swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) was born in an all-female tank ...

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium ...

FILE IMAGE: Swell sharks collected during Philippine biodiversity expedition (Stephanie Stone, California Academy of Sciences via Eurekalert) Now, for the first time, deep-sea cameras have ...

This shark gets its name from an unusual behavior it displays when threatened by a predator. When threatened, the swell shark swallows vast amounts of seawater, which causes its belly to swell and ...

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These swell sharks, which likely represent a new species, were collected during the deep sea portion of the California Academy of Sciences' 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition from a depth of ...