Pretty much all other sharks have separate gills, but the frilled shark's first pair of gills stretch all the way across its throat. In total, the shark has six pairs of gills that have "frilly ...

The frilled shark's roots are traced to 80 million years ago. Its prehistoric origins are obvious in its primitive body; nearly all of the rare animal's closest relatives are long extinct.

In January 2015, a photograph said to be a picture of a rare frilled shark started circulating via social media: The specimen pictured above was caught by a trawling vessel off the coast of ...

Yesterday, we introduced you to the Nope Shark, pulled out of the sea by horrified Australian fishermen. But is it an eldritch monstrosity from the deep? No! Meet the frilled shark. Because it has ...

Scientists have made a rare discovery off the coast of Portugal, where a frilled shark, a species that has remained nearly unchanged for 80 million years, was accidentally caught in a commercial ...

Known as a living fossil, the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) was named for its six pairs of frilly-like gill slits and is one of the most primitive sharks in existence.

With its long, slender body and snake-like head, the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) looks more like an eel than a shark. It gets its name from the six gills on the sides of its neck ...

The ocean is teeming with bizarre creatures that resemble movie monsters, with bulging eyes and glow-in-the-dark bodies.

Frilled sharks haven’t changed for about 80 million years! And while they may look a bit like snakes from a distance, they are actually much more similar to other sharks close up.

Ebert cautions, though, that there isn’t enough data on frilled sharks to confirm that their frilly gills are an adaptation to cope with low oxygen levels. Also a bit of a mystery is the shark ...