Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through ...

Along the shallow reefs and tidal flats of Australia’s northeastern coast lives one of the ocean’s most unusual residents, the epaulette shark. Small, spotted, and famously capable of “walking” across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adult epaulette shark curled up amongst corals. These fish and a number of other species are known as “walking sharks” for their ...

These “walking sharks” can lay eggs without spending extra energy, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about reproduction.

New research shows that epaulette sharks, often called “walking sharks,” can produce eggs without increasing their overall energy use.

Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to be costly. Scientists tracked metabolism, blood, and hormone levels ...

A new study shows epaulette sharks can reproduce without increasing energy use, defying long-held assumptions about reproduction under stress. This adaptation may help them continue breeding despite ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

Shokoofeh Shamsi receives funding from from various government and research organisations for work in parasitology and environmental health. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Marine and Freshwater ...

Bringing new babies into the world is as stressful as it as tiring, but new research has revealed one marine species has managed to curb the previously thought universal cost of rearing pups. James ...