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.

Scientists Studying Sharks Discovered a New Species That Can Walk on Land by Complete Accident ...

Divers in Papua New Guinea recently discovered a new species of carpet shark that can traverse low-lying reefs.

Hemiscyllium dudgeonae is the tenth recorded species of walking shark, which use their pectoral fins to move across reef flats, and its limited range means it may be at high risk of extinction ...

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 ...

Residents of southeastern Papua New Guinea have long known about an unusual fish that can “walk” across the reef flats at low tide with most of its body out of the water. They call it kadedekedewa, ...