Blutnose sixgill shark eats the bait the team laid out. (Credit: OceanX, Florida State University) Bluntnose sixgill sharks are thought to have lifespans approaching 80 years and could grow to 16 ...

The sixgill was spotted as the team explored the water using OceanGate’s Cyclops 1 submarine near British Columbia’s Desolation Sound. The shark was spotted at a depth of 490 feet, and is ...

Sixgill sharks, also known as cow sharks, are deep ocean dwellers that look little like their gray, torpedo-shape shallow-water relatives. They can grow up to 26 feet long, ...

5:50: a massive sixgill shark, perhaps 16 feet long (5 meters), visits the OceanX submersible. 7:15: Gaze into the cryptic green eye of a sixgill shark. 8:30: Naylor, ever coolly, tags a sixgill.

Bigeye sixgill sharks can reach about 6 feet in length and have narrow, pointed heads, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. "They have these huge green eyes, like a ...

Unlike the charismatic sharks often spotted near the surface -- hammerheads, great whites, and tiger sharks -- the sixgill spends most of its life in the deep ocean, some 700 feet to 3,200 feet ...

Scientists tag deep-sea shark hundreds of feet underwater—a first. To better study the bluntnose sixgill, scientists had to figure out how to fire a speargun from a submarine.

To help get more people excited about these animals, the MaST Center Aquarium and Highline College are throwing a party. On Sunday, July 6, Des Moines will host the first-ever Shark in the Park at the ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) and bluntnose sixgill (Hexanchus griseus) in the deep waters of the Galápagos Marine Reserve!

This beast puts “Jaws” to shame. A massive bluntnose sixgill shark was captured on video lurching toward a submarine that was filming it. The shark was about 20 feet long — nearly… ...

A sixgill research opportunity. Sixgill sharks can reach lengths of 16 feet — as long as a pickup truck and as wide as a couch. They typically roam the deep ocean, ...

Scientists are usually pretty smart folks, but that doesn’t stop them from suffering from tunnel vision every once in a while just like the rest … ...