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Elusive Sailback Houndshark Rediscovered in Papua New Guinea After 50 Years

In July 1970, a fisherman caught an unfamiliar shark in Papua New Guinea’s Astrolabe Bay. The mysterious creature—a pregnant female—had large, wide eyes, a big head and a short mouth. It also had a ...
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Scientists reconfirm rare shark sightings after 50 years in PNG

In 1973, researchers scientifically described a species of shark based on a single specimen: a pregnant female caught a few years earlier by a fisherman near the mouth of the Gogol River in Astrolabe ...
Miami Herald

2-foot-long ocean predator with ‘blade-like’ teeth discovered as a new species

Shrimp trawlers off India accidentally caught a 2-foot-long ocean predator and helped scientists discover a new species, a study said. Google Street View August 2023 ...
Mongabay

45 more shark species up for CITES protections; tight vote expected

Twenty-nine houndsharks and 16 gulper sharks are up for listing on CITES Appendix II at the wildlife trade regulator’s summit in Uzbekistan this week. Conservationists expect the vote to be close, ...