The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), also known as the scaffold shark, is often called a "living fossil." This ancient shark has remained largely unchanged for millions of years, offering ...

The frilled shark has a long, eel-like body that can grow up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) in length. The body is dark brown or gray, with a cylindrical shape that tapers into a flattened tail.

Goblin sharks are generally rare, deep-water predatory species classified as living fossils. Its ancestral ownliness reaches ...

Portuguese scientists have captured a "shark from the age of the dinosaurs" off the Algarve coast. Researchers caught the rare frilled shark aboard a trawler, where they were working on a European ...