Tail-whipping thresher sharks are giving fishermen some thrills on the ocean and plenty of steaks on the grill.

Threshers are not named for the thrashing motion of their tail, as many assume. Instead, their name comes from a farming ...

Thresher sharks "are a popular eating fish," but "like a lot of species, they are declining," said Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in Wakefield.

The recent accidental catch of a “very large” thresher shark off Rhode Island was fortuitous in that the shark was safely released and continues to provide researchers with important data.

A giant 11ft thresher shark was found dead on Par Beach in Cornwall by a dog walker on New Year's ... More Day. On New Year’s Day, the body of a male 4.25m (13.9 feet) thresher shark washed up ...

A 16-foot thresher shark popped out of the water off the coast of Wales this week. It emerged from the water three times, according to photograph Joshua Pedley. mywildlifeposts/Instagram ...

QUEENS, N.Y. – A large thresher shark washed ashore at a New York City beach, and the shocking moment was all captured on camera. Zoe Berger was at Rockaway Beach in Queens on Monday when she ...

A vulnerable thresher shark got stuck Monday afternoon on Rockaway Beach — until a fearless beachgoer was able to drag the struggling fish back to the safety of its home in the deep.. The shark ...

A thresher shark was found washed up on Duxbury Beach on Thursday morning, officials said. Duxbury Beach Operations shared photos of the discovery, describing the shark being about 13 feet in length.

The thresher shark was found washed-up on Par Sands Beach, near St Austell, by a woman walking her dog on New Year's Day. It is the second thresher to be found dead on a southwestern beach in ...