Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to be costly. Scientists tracked metabolism, blood, and hormone levels ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Gliding through the shallow reefs of northern Australia and New Guinea is a creature that looks like it stepped out of evolutionary fan fiction. The epaulette shark, a three-foot-long species ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), a shark made famous thanks to their ability to ...