A recent study discovers a new species of shark from the late Cretaceous period with ray-like qualities. Most sharks known today are streamlined predators. Modern sharks occupy marine ecosystems across the world, but there is little difference in their shape. In their new study, Vullo et al. find that this lack of variation is not […]
Three new glow in the dark shark species discovered
Scientists off the coast of New Zealand discover three new deep-sea shark species. All three species glow in the dark. One of these sharks is now the largest known luminous vertebrae. Bioluminescence: When a living organism produces visible light through a chemical reaction. The phenomenon is widespread among marine life. However, this is the first […]