Scientist Dives to Study Sharks that Walk on Land, and Surfaces with a New Species in Hand

Scientist dives to study sharks that walk on land, and surfaces with a new species in hand

What began as a night study of sharks that can move on land led to a far rarer result.  Later analysis showed that the meter-long walking shark caught by hand by University of the Sunshine Coast researcher Dr. Christine Dudgeon had never been formally identified, as the team laid out in a news release. What happened? The animal is now formally named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, or Dudgeon's Walking Shark, the release noted.  Scientists confirmed it a…

A Shark That Walks on Land Was Just Found Completely by Accident

The post A Shark That Walks on Land Was Just Found Completely by Accident appeared first on A-Z Animals.Normally, when the discovery of a new species hits the headlines, it involves splitting taxonomic hairs between previously established species. The world, however, is full of surprises and full of previously unknown life. Take, for example, this story published earlier this week. A team of scientists researching a shark species that can walk o…

Scientists discover a new walking shark species in a tiny corner of Papua New Guinea

Scientists studying unusual sharks that can “walk” along the seafloor have made an exciting discovery—a completely new species that was previously unknown to science. The newly identified shark, officially named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae and commonly called Dudgeon’s Walking Shark, lives only in a small area off the southeastern coast of Papua New Guinea. The species was […] The post Scientists discover a new walking shark species in a tiny corner …