The shark pictured here is not 80 million years old. The frilled shark is sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because its lineage can be traced back approximately 80 million years. However, ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these creatures have continued to evade discovery by humans. One such intriguing ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of evolution’s most haunting survivors. Long before forests reshaped Earth’s ...

Not unlike Garth Brooks concerts and Applebee’s, the deep sea is one of those places you don’t need to visit to know that it sucks. Down in the depths, mates are hard to find, thus the male anglerfish ...

The frilled shark is basically a living dinosaur that’s been swimming around our oceans for 80 million years, and it looks so ancient and weird that scientists rightfully refer to it as a living ...

The frilled shark is a deep-sea species whose lineage dates back to the dinosaur era, preserving ancient features such as extra gill slits, rigid jaws, and needle-like teeth. Living mostly in dark, ...