Have you ever found a mermaid’s purse? These leathery pouches that wash up on the beach are actually the egg sacs baby sharks ...

Maybe you've seen a "mermaid's purse" while walking on the beach. Not actually an accessory for the mythical creature, these small casings are the eggs of sharks and their relatives For around 455 ...

Reef-dwelling catsharks wrap their fertilized eggs in leathery box-shaped cases commonly called “mermaid’s purses.” The tough, collagenous wall of the purse protects the developing young until it’s ...

A viral video showing a baby zebra shark hatching from its case—sometimes referred to as a "mermaid's purse"—has been viewed over four million times. The TikTok video, from the San Antonio Aquarium, ...

For the first time, the swell sharks at the Central Coast Aquarium in Avila Beach have successfully laid eggs.The sharks’ egg cases are called "mermaids’ purses." There are currently 14 egg cases at ...

The mermaid’s purse hasn’t been out of style for millions of years. That’s because it is the fanciful name for the egg case for some of the oldest creatures on the planet — skates, rays and sharks. If ...

Sharks lay crazy eggs, but deep-sea catsharks and chimaeras lay some of the strangest eggs of all. If you’re a beachcomber, maybe you’ve seen these leathery "mermaid’s purses" washed up onshore. Did ...

They’re called “Devil’s pocketbooks,” “Witch’s purses” and “Mermaid purses,” but these creepy-looking black sacks washing up on Carolina beaches aren’t supernatural. The black, leathery pouches are ...

Baby sharks still developing within leathery egg cases can sense the electric fields of predators and freeze in place to avoid detection, researchers say. These findings could help in developing more ...