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77,000 baby salmon survive truck crash in Oregon by leaping into nearby creek
By Sascha Pare published
A truck that was transporting 102,000 spring Chinook salmon to the Imnaha River in northeastern Oregon crashed in a road bend, spilling most of its cargo into a nearby creek.
Elusive prickly sharks spotted gathering at underwater mountain off Panama — but why remains a mystery
By Melissa Hobson published
Researchers have spotted an atypical gathering of rare prickly sharks around a seamount off Panama.
Watch rare endangered pink handfish walking in 19th-century shipwreck off Tasmania
By Elise Poore published
Technical scuba divers found a rare pink handfish hidden among the wreckage of the SS Tasman.
'Ghost shark' with enormous head and giant iridescent eyes discovered off Thailand
By Elise Poore published
A new species of deep-sea chimaera with a ghoulish appearance has been discovered in the Andaman Sea.
Prehistoric fish with giant jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth are the ultimate living fossils
By Richard Pallardy published
Gars have the slowest rate of evolution of all jawed vertebrates, having barely changed since first appearing at the time of the dinosaurs.
Elusive megamouth shark caught off Zanzibar for 1st time, gets sold for $17
By Rhett H. Bennett published
Megamouth sharks were first discovered in 1976 and fewer than 280 have ever been seen, meaning we know very little about this enigmatic species.
Great white shark gets liver torn out by lone orca in under 2 minutes in shocking shift of hunting methods
By Melissa Hobson published
Disturbing footage shows the moment a single orca chased down a great white shark and killed it, then swam away with the shark's liver in its jaws.
16-foot-long shark bites stranded pygmy whale's head off as human tries to rescue it
By Patrick Pester published
A shark instantly killed a stranded pygmy sperm whale on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula, where officials had warned about increased shark activity.
'Unnerving' rise in fatal shark attacks recorded last year. Should we be worried?
By Harry Baker published
The number of unprovoked shark attacks spiked slightly last year, while the number of fatal bites doubled compared with the previous year. However, the statistics are not as concerning as they initially sound, experts say.
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