Top: The citizen science photo of an alleged juvenile goblin shark found on the beach of Anafi Island in Greece. Bottom: A juvenile female goblin shark found near Shimizu, Japan. Giannis Papadakis ...

Goblin sharks may very well be out there, swimming in the Mediterranean’s depths and washing up on Greek beaches. If you think you’ve found a dead one, maybe give it a good squeeze—just to ...

Commercial anglers made waves in science circles after snagging a super rare, nearly 2,000 pound “goblin shark” while trawling for fish off the coast of Taiwan.

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.

An enormous, 1,760-pound goblin shark has been caught off the coast of Taiwan, carrying six large pups inside. The shark is considered to be the largest of its kind to have been captured in these ...

A deep-sea drama is unfolding in the world of shark science. An exciting scientific record of a rare species in a new place might actually just be a photo of a plastic toy. Through published ...

Goblin sharks (Mitsukurina owstoni) are among the weirdest sharks in the ocean. These long-snouted creatures are bottom-dwellers, meaning they inhabit waters close to the seafloor down to depths ...