Rare Deep-Sea Goblin Sharks Filmed in Natural Habitat for First Time

Deep in the Pacific, Like 'Something Out of a Horror Movie'

The deep sea just gave up one of its biggest secrets, and it was all caught on camera. Marine biologists have, for the first time, filmed goblin sharks cruising in their natural habitat , capturing two separate encounters with the rarely seen species thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface,...

Goblin shark seen alive in natural habitat for the first time: "The most iconic of all the deep-sea sharks"

The goblin shark had only previously been seen when caught by fishermen and they died shortly afterward.

Goblin shark filmed in its native habitat for the first time

One of these mysterious sharks was spotted 2,300 feet deeper than scientists expected.

Rare deep-sea goblin sharks filmed in natural habitat for first time

The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep-ocean habitat were reported in a new paper by a University of Hawai'i at Mānoa-led team of oceanographers. In the past, goblin sharks were filmed and reported alive only after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, where divers could observe them and where they soon died. The new study, published in Journal of Fish Biology, documents two live observations of one of the most elusive yet iconic sharks on the planet—one at a seamount near Jarvis Island and another on the slope of the Tonga Trench.

Researchers record first live observations of rare goblin shark

SYDNEY, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The rare and elusive deep-sea goblin shark has been observed alive in its natural habitat for the first time, according to.....