A shark that walks on land at low tide just turned up in one of the ocean's most remote corners, and scientists are already worried it could vanish before we fully understand it.

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the known species count to 10.

A nighttime research expedition off Papua New Guinea uncovered a previously unknown shark that walks across the seafloor.

The creature belongs to a unique group of sharks whose members can use their strong pectoral fins like legs to get around ...

Learn more about the Dudgeon walking shark (Hemiscyllium dudgeonae), what makes it so unique, and why the speices is already threatened.

A shark that can follow you onto land? Luckily, the "walking shark" poses no threat to humans at all. Now, scientists have discovered a new species of this type.Residents of eastern Papua New Guinea ...