The megamouth is a large-bodied shark found all over the world. Its name, megamouth, comes from its large mouth. Shaped a bit like a tadpole, with a huge mouth that takes up half its head, it was ...

An extremely rare species of shark has been sold for next to nothing after being captured and killed off the coast of Africa. The megamouth shark, which has only been spotted less than 300 times in ...

There are estimated to be more than 400 known species of sharks worldwide, and one first discovered off the coast of Kaneohe remains one of the strangest and most significant species discovered in the ...

Studying and eventually preserving the megamouth will help researchers learn more about the puzzling species, allowing them to examine the sharks’ impact on the ocean ecosystem and food chain. Abigail ...

Tracking data from megamouth sharks suggests these elusive giants are more closely tied to specific regions and depth zones than previously known. Since the unexpected discovery of a megamouth shark ...

Rhett H. Bennett receives funding from the Shark Conservation Fund, a philanthropic collaborative pooling expertise and resources to meet the threats facing the world’s sharks and rays. The Shark ...

Researchers are hoping to unravel the mystery around one of the rarest sharks in the sea – the megamouth. As it’s nickname suggests the megamouth, Megachasma pelagios, is known for having a large ...

Megamouth sharks were first discovered in 1976 and fewer than 280 have ever been seen, meaning we know very little about this enigmatic species. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...