The megamouth shark is thought to be the only member of the taxonomic family Megachasmidae. It eats plankton and jellyfish, but little is known about its actual feeding behavior. Zola Chen ...

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When scientists first discovered the megamouth shark in 1976 off the coast of Hawaii, it struck them as so bizarre that, to classify it, they created an entirely new genus and family. Today ...

It’s a one-in-a-mega-million find. Taiwanese fishermen caught the attention of the scientific community after catching an elusive megamouth shark, known as Megachasma pelagios, in 2018.

Megamouth sharks were first discovered in 1976 and fewer than 280 have ever been seen, meaning we know very little about this enigmatic species. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

About 36 million years ago, a shark the length of two upright pianos chipped and lost its three-pronged tooth, possibly while crunching on a bony fish, a new study finds. Based on that tooth ...

The Shark Conservation Fund is a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. A rarely seen megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) was recently spotted in east Africa for the very first time.

Megamouth sharks weigh up to 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms) and are named after their large, circular mouths. The mouth of a 16-foot (5 m) megamouth shark is around 4 feet (1.2 m) wide.

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1. The megamouth shark examination team consisted of Dr. AA Yaptinchay, Elson Aca, and staff from the National Museum of the Philippines- Zoology Division.

The first ever record of a pregnant megamouth shark has been documented after a dead female washed up on the shores of the Philippines. The 18-foot-long (5.5 meters) megamouth shark (Megachasma ...