Pictures of the ‘living fossil’ courtesy of Awashima Marine Park in Japan A rare frilled shark was captured live by fishermen off the coast of Japan. The toothy eel-like creature was taken to ...

Rare "Prehistoric" Goblin Shark Caught in Japan For the second time in a single month, an usual deep-sea shark has been caught by Japanese officials only to die shortly thereafter.

(Shizouka, Japan) - The staff of a Japanese aquarium was able to take rare pictures of a frilled shark on Sunday, after it was discovered by local residents at Awashima Port in Shizuoka, southwest ...

Viver dogfish sharks have rarely been found, but when they have, it's been near Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii.

Fishermen in Japan where in for a nasty surprise when they caught a frightful-looking 5-meter-long (16.4-foot-long) megamouth shark in their fishing nets.

On Thursday, at the Marine Science Museum in Shizuoka City in Japan, thousands gathered to witness the dissection of a massive female megamouth shark weighing nearly 1,500 pounds.

Last year, scientists described a weird goblin shark in a scientific journal despite never setting eyes on it. Experts now question the review process that approved the study.

Fishermen caught a rare megamouth shark off the coast of Japan. The rare creature has been spotted about 60 times since it was first discovered in 1976.

It’s proving to be an excellent year for rare shark sightings. A goblin shark was caught in Florida last month and now a megamouth shark has been caught in Japan.

According to GrindTV, a public necropsy was recently performed on a rare mega-mouth shark caught in Shizuoka, Japan. Roughly 1,500 attended the public showing at the Marine Science Museum ...