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 ...

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 ...

Not much is known about the megamouth, which was first observed by scientists in 1976. Scientifically known as Megachasma pelagios, megamouth sharks were initially discovered in 1976 off the shores of ...

In a poignant discovery along the coastal area of Barangay Ipil, Dipaculao Aurora, a megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) met a tragic end on its journey to give birth. The circumstances surrounding ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Despite being one of the largest fish in the sea, sightings of the megamouth shark are few and far between. Really far between. Thus research of the species is also scarce. But last Sept. 11, a pair ...

MANILA, Philippines — Fishermen in the Philippines accidentally caught and later ate a megamouth shark, one of the rarest fish in the world with only 40 others recorded to have been encountered, the ...