Sharks

Scientists have found a new ghost shark that lives exclusively in the deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. 

Tracking changes in broadnose sevengill sharks' behaviour in a warming climate.

White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

Mia Blyth catches up with a marine biologist hunting for ocean ghosts.

A lack of information about New Zealand oceanic shark populations is making it difficult to assess how well they are doing, says a NIWA researcher.

A NIWA researcher has found the first evidence that female deep sea sharks store sperm as a strategy to preserve the species and possibly avoid aggressive mating encounters.

A global survey involving 123 scientists from 58 nations raises concerns about the global status of reef sharks.

A deep dive into the collection of an Auckland War Memorial Museum has revealed an extremely rare albino shark.

A giant squid and several glow-in-the-dark sharks were surprise finds for NIWA scientists last month on the Chatham Rise during a voyage to survey hoki, New Zealand’s most valuable commercial fish species.

A chance find by a woman walking on a Northland beach is now helping scientists learn more about mako sharks.

As part of a Pacific-wide study, NIWA is measuring the survival rate of sharks returned to the sea by commercial tuna fishers.

NIWA has developed a new method for spatially-explicit, quantitative, sustainability risk assessment of pelagic shark population.