One fish, two fish, red fish — orange shark?

Scientists came across a bright orange shark in the wild whose creamsicle-colored skin was pigmented by two genetic conditions that are exceedingly rare among the predators of the deep.

The first-of-its-kind shark was found during a fishing trip in Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park in August 2024, according to a recently published science journal report.

The dutiful researchers photographed the beauty before swiftly releasing it. 5

Scientists lauded the discovery and said it’s the first and only time an orange shark has ever been recorded, according to a report published in the Marine Biodiversity journal.

The nurse shark, which is commonly found in Costa Rica’s coastal marine parks, was apparently born with xanthism, a genetic con

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