Although this ancient shark hasn’t changed much since the age of dinosaurs, little is known about the apex predator because it spends most of its time at depths of up to 4,500 feet.
Deep water expedition in Galapagos reveals extended range of two species
Both species belong to the Hexanchidae family, commonly known as cow sharks, considered among the most primitive groups of sharks.
VIDEO: Fun facts about sharks
Katherine Maslenikov, manager of the University of Washington Fish Collection at the Burke Museum, talks about shark behavior, possible myths, and their role in the ecosystem. Here are a few quick facts about the apex predators: The Pacific Northwest is home to several smaller species, including the dogfish family of sharks, leopard sharks and sixgill sharks. Off […]
OceanX tags first shark using submersible drone
A joint research mission by OceanX, the Cape Eleuthera Institute and the Florida State University Marine Lab led to the first shark successfully tagged using a submersible drone. The expedition, led by FSU Marine Labs Dean Grubbs, was able to implant a tracking device into an adult bluntnose sixgill shark off the coast of The […]
SharkoFiles: Bluntnose Sixgill
The Sixgill shark is one of the primitive species of sharks with close relatives that dated back to roughly 200 million years ago. They are known as Sixgill sharks because unlike most sharks with typical five gill slits, they have six gill slits. They generally are powerfully built and have a characteristic round, blunt snout, […]
Mysterious deepwater sharks found in urban waters
Scientists from Dalhousie University have discovered that bluntnose sixgill sharks, traditionally thought to only inhabit deeper waters, might be thriving in the near-shore environments just off the coast of Vancouver, Canada. During a mission aboard a Stingray submarine, Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark observed multiple juvenile sixgills in less than 300 foot of water less than one […]
Scientists discover new species of six gill shark
Using DNA analysis researchers from the Florida Institute of Technology have confirmed that sixgill sharks residing in the Atlantic Ocean are an independent species from those found in the Indian and Pacific. The report was published this week in the journal Marine Biodiversity. The new species will now be known as Atlantic sixgill shark, or Hexanchus […]