Some male “ghost sharks” have a bizarre way of giving love bites: They use teeth that sprout from their foreheads. These otherworldly animals, also known as spotted ratfish, can grab onto mates using ...

A Southwest Florida man has shared his incredible haul of fossilized shark teeth, found while sifting through the Peace River. Michael VanEtten, 46, has been combing Florida rivers and streams for ...

Sharks’ teeth, renowned for their sharpness and regenerative capabilities, play a crucial role in their predatory success. However, recent studies highlight a growing concern about the impact of ocean ...

Shark teeth are a marvel of evolution. They are so sharp that many island cultures once used them as weapons and tools to hunt and cut up meat. Unlike human teeth, shark teeth line the mouths of these ...

Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages. By Jack Tamisiea Life in the ocean’s dark depths can be ...

Twenty-five local fishing captains volunteered for the 2025 Venice Shark Tooth Fishing Tournament. The event provided a day of fishing for 35 athletes with disabilities from The Haven. The Crow's Nest ...

Ghost sharks have evolved rows of true teeth on a bizarre forehead rod used for mating. Fossil and genetic evidence revealed the tenaculum’s teeth develop the same way as those inside the mouth, ...

CT (computed tomography) scan of the adult male Spotted Ratfish frontal clasper (Tenaculum) covered in rows of teeth (rainbow colors). Male “ghost sharks” — eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that ...

Sharks have been on this planet for more than 400 million years. They’re older than the first trees, the North Star, and even the rings of Saturn. They’ve seen and been through it all — but the ...

Sharks are known for their razor-sharp teeth, but a new study warns that rising ocean acidity could leave even the sea’s fiercest predators with weaker, more brittle bites. At the heart of the problem ...

WASHINGTON — They are the ocean's most famous apex predator. But something is eating at them - acid. Rising acid levels in the world's seas will dissolve sharks' teeth - that's according to a new ...