A rare and rather… unique-looking shark has been spotted in the wild for the first time. Mitsukurina owstoni, otherwise known by the unfortunate name ‘goblin shark’, is a grotesque, deep-sea shark ...

The deep-sea species is rarely observed in the wild, scientists say.

Goblin sharks have spent years in public imagination as something half-seen, half-legendary, a pale, long-snouted predator usually known from carcasses, fishing lines, and brief encounters near death.