Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives. For around 455 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adult epaulette shark curled up amongst corals. These fish and a number of other species are known as “walking sharks” for their ...

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through open water, ominous fins slicing through the surf, rows of teeth on full ...

When most people think about sharks and plastic pollution, they picture entanglement or stomachs full of debris. And that happens, true! But what if the problem starts even earlie ...

Zebra sharks are listed as endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The shark fin trade and loss of habitat have decimated zebra shark numbers. ReShark is ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

This serene shot of an egg case of a swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) tethered to the base of a giant kelp won in the Underwater category of the National History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer ...