The epaulette shark is a small shark that lives in shallow, tidal waters and it can do something extraordinary. Steve Backshall looks at a shark with some sensational superpowers.

Bigger sharks are forced into deeper water, leaving the Epaulette shark alone to exploit the riches of the reef undisturbed. Unlike any other shark, the Epaulette has an uncanny ability to walk.

While it isn't the pop culture archetypal shark with open jaw and razor sharp teeth, marine biologist Dr Jodie Rummer describes the epaulette shark as the "toughest" on the Great Barrier Reef.

Parthenogenesis, also referred to as a “virgin birth,” is fairly uncommon in higher vertebrates such as sharks, although it does happen, according to National Geographic. In 2023, an epaulette shark ...

The New England Aquarium is celebrating the birth of the 100th epaulette shark to hatch at its facility since 2012. The male shark hatched on Jan. 10, and the aquarium said he will remain ...

In 2023, an epaulette shark was born via parthenogenesis at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago to a female shark that hadn’t been around males in at least four years, McClatchy News reported. Shreveport ...