In a study published March 26 in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers found that the rig shark, native to New ...

A groundbreaking study at the University of Auckland's Leigh Marine Laboratory reveals that rig sharks produce clicking sounds underwater when stressed, debunking previous beliefs that sharks are ...

In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the researchers report that they've recorded the first ever instance of a shark actively producing a sound, in the form of sharp, ...

Elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) were previously considered incapable of producing voluntary sounds. This belief has just been shaken by surprising laboratory observations. Mustelus lenticulatus was ...

Scientists say they recorded the first-ever shark sounds, despite the long-held belief that sharks are silent Marine biologist Carolin Nieder says she discovered that rig sharks make clicking sounds ...

“I was very surprised. I was under the assumption that sharks don’t make sounds,” head author Carolin Nieder, a marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in ...

A small international team of marine biologists has observed the first known instance of a shark intentionally making sounds. In their study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the ...

Researchers believe the sounds are made by the sharks snapping their flattened teeth together, possibly as a stress or warning signal. This discovery challenges the long-held belief that sharks ...

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science has revealed the first documented case of sharks producing sounds. In the study, researchers detail evidence of the rig ...