Before we start talking about tiger shark teeth, get to know the shark that these teeth come from. Tiger sharks, like many other shark species (but not all of them), are solitary creatures. They tend ...

1. Introducing sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras -- What are sharks and how are they classified -- How many kinds of sharks are there -- How did sharks get their name -- Where do shards live -- When ...

Teeth are just one factor that put some shark species at the top of the ocean food chain. They can be razor sharp, and number in the hundreds in one shark’s mouth alone. They fall out and grow back at ...

Ghost sharks have evolved rows of true teeth on a bizarre forehead rod used for mating. Fossil and genetic evidence revealed the tenaculum’s teeth develop the same way as those inside the mouth, ...

The discovery proves it's possible for vertebrates to grow teeth outside the mouth Getty A new study discovered male ghost sharks grow teeth out of their foreheads on an appendage called a tenaculum ...

CT (computed tomography) scan of the adult male Spotted Ratfish frontal clasper (Tenaculum) covered in rows of teeth (rainbow colors). Male “ghost sharks” — eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that ...

There’s a lot of diversity of form among fishes. What we generally think of as standard features (fins, scales and teeth) can present in all sorts of interesting ways from group to group and species ...

Even sharks’ famous tooth-regrowing ability may not save them from ocean acidification. Researchers found that future acidic waters cause shark teeth to corrode, crack, and weaken, threatening their ...

Sharks' teeth—some of nature's sharpest and most formidable weapons—may not withstand the effects of future ocean acidification, new research suggests. Scientists at the Heinrich Heine University ...