An 11.5-foot, nearly 800-pound great white shark named Ripple is breaking new ground by venturing deep into the Gulf of Mexico. His movements mark some of the first documented tagged white sharks to ...

A study of marine parks spanning Mexico to Ecuador found key differences that allow ecosystems to flourish. Seen from above the ocean surface, the tiny island of Roca Partida in Mexico's Revillagigedo ...

Gareth J. Fraser is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida, and receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks ...

Source: Graham Casden/with permission. Sharks are fascinating animals with a range of personalities. They suffer from numerous misleading stereotypes and myths and instill fear in many people who so ...

Critics say the nets harm marine life and aren’t the best way to keep swimmers safe. Recent shark attacks have complicated a plan to remove some of them. By Yan Zhuang Yan Zhuang reported from Bondi ...

New video shows sharks swimming through hoops, and picking them up with their noses. It sure looks like they are having fun. But researchers are divided. A California horn shark (Heterodontus ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for more than 70 species of sharks and ...

A mysterious species of deepwater shark that has been increasingly threatened with extinction for years was thrown a lifeline Friday after the global body that regulates the international endangered ...

Chris Williams is a writer with more than 20 years of experience writing about film. Chris holds a B.A. in communications and an emphasis in journalism and an M.A. in communications with an emphasis ...

U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American ...

Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...

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