The oceanic white tip shark was listed as a threatened species in 2018. Its population has significantly declined over the last 10 years. Researchers are working to get the population back to ...

The Nature study reported at least half of the world's shark species are threatened by extinction, including the oceanic whitetip. The shark is listed as critically endangered on the International ...

Reports of shark attacks have increased recently, with the ocean’s top predators journeying closer to the shores in search of food. Despite a declining population and many species listed as ...

The oceanic whitetip is one of the world’s most endangered sharks that has declined by 98% throughout the world after being hunted for its fins or mistakenly caught in fishing nets. Around the ...

In 2011, the Bahamas became the first shark sanctuary in the Atlantic Ocean and is now one of the last strongholds for critically endangered oceanic whitetip sharks. Originally from the Bahamas, ...

CBS News Miami Live. TALLAHASSEE - Florida officials have added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or harmed in state waters.. The Florida Fish ...