Scientists and governments are calling for the strongest international protections yet for sharks and rays, citing ...

Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

Research from the University of Adelaide's School of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Crime Research Hub has highlighted ...

An illustration of Edestus. The scissor-tooth is a genus of shark that went extinct about 307 million years ago. The largest species, E. heinrichi had an estimated length of 22 feet, full grown, about ...

Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...

Shark trophies — mainly jaws — dominated the listings, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the advertised products, and 73% of those came from endangered and critically endangered shark species.

They hesitated at first, but the fishermen jumped into the water after realizing how calm the tiger sharks were, said Chelsea ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

Several proposals seeking greater protection of more than 70 shark and ray species from commercial trade were raised this ...

Our oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us as far-reaching planets. Though ...

Juvenile critically endangered great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) flock to the waters of Biscayne Bay in southern ...

The proposals include added protections for whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, wedgefish, and manta rays. Under the new proposals, whale sharks, whitetips, and manta and devil rays would be listed under ...