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Stunning video shows sharks devouring sea urchins, spines and all
By Jeremy Day published
Sharks easily consumed large, spiky sea urchins – sometimes in just a few gulps.
Alligator gar: The 'living fossil' that has barely evolved for 100 million years
By Melissa Hobson published
This living fossil can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs.
How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist John Long finds answers in new book 'The Secret History of Sharks'
By Patrick Pester published
"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured
By Lydia Smith published
An angular roughshark pulled from the water near Elba, an Italian island near Tuscany.
Watch baby Japanese eel escape from stomach of predator in X-ray video
By Melissa Hobson published
An eel inside the digestive tract of a dark sleeper fish before its escape attempt.
Giant oarfish: The 'doomsday' fish of legend that supposedly foreshadows earthquakes
By Melissa Hobson published
In mythology, giant oarfish are said to foreshadow earthquakes, although evidence shows this is not the case.
A really big shark got gobbled up by another, massive shark in 1st known case of its kind
By Richard Pallardy published
A pregnant porbeagle shark is believed to have been eaten by a great white, with the larger predator swallowing its tracking device off the coast of Bermuda, scientists report.
Rare 'doomsday fish' said to bring earthquakes spotted in California days before LA quake
By Patrick Pester published
Beachgoers found a rare oarfish off California two days before an earthquake, mirroring folklore that says the deep-sea creatures are "doomsday fish."
Pearlfish: The eel-like fish that lives up a sea cucumber's butt
By Melissa Hobson published
This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety.
Great white sharks split into 3 populations 200,000 years ago and never mixed again — except for one hybrid found in the Bermuda Triangle
By Kristel Tjandra published
Scientists found three distinct great-white-shark populations that congregate in different oceans and do not interbreed. Their separation may have implications for conservation.
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