Apristurus catsharks are also known as ghost or demon catsharks. There are about 40 identified catshark species, but the number of species in the genus is "continually increasing" due to new ...

Researchers from the UAB have shown that sex hormones accumulate in the skin of sharks. This finding opens a new way for the ...

A new species called the demon catshark has been discovered off the coast of Australia. The first found of its kind, the shark has ghostly white eyes and is likely an opportunistic hunter. A ...

A newly discovered species of demon catshark is found in the deep waters off Australia. By Lauren McCarthy What has long, bright white eyes, swims along the deep waters off Australia and attaches ...

Noémie Coulon at the French National Museum of Natural History subjected catshark eggs to various ocean conditions, including monthly temperature changes, in tanks in the lab. Coulon and her ...

The catshark embyro was not your average two-headed beast—it's the first such specimen known from an oviparous shark species, or a shark that lays eggs.

Researchers in Australia recently discovered a new species of demon catshark – a dusky deepwater shark with striking white eyes – by following a trail of some odd-looking eggs. Years ago, Brett Human, ...

And given how poorly understood the banded sand catshark is, who knows what else it — and other species — could be getting up to. “Sharks are not a one-dimensional thing,” Dr. Shiffman said.