Senate passes ban on shark fin sales in the US
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that, if enacted into law, will ban the buying and selling of shark fins and...
Shark populations have decreased by 71% in the last 50 years
A recent study published in the journal Nature has revealed that the number of sharks in the oceans has reduced...
The endangered school shark is being sold as food in Australia
Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the school shark as critically endangered....
Shark fin soup on menus of nearly 200 restaurants, despite state bans
On land, the world is tuning in for Shark Week celebrations, but out in the oceans, the reality for sharks is much...
500-mile-long shark highway could become a protected wildlife corridor
For the very first time, scientists filmed sharks traveling along a 500-mile-long shark highway in the Pacific...
Breakthrough device is '100% successful' in protecting swimmers from sharks
Though it may not feel it in some places, summer is just around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere and with...
Thresher sharks die in Massachusetts - likely due to cold shock
Winter is here, and it appears even marine creatures are feeling the impact. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy...
512-year-old Greenland shark may be the oldest living vertebrate on Earth
A recently identified 512-year-old Greenland shark may be the world's oldest living vertebrate. Although scientists...
Aquarium Zebra shark learns how to reproduce without her male partner
A female zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) in Australia has learned to live, and reproduce, without a male counterpart....
400-year-old Arctic shark is the oldest living vertebrate animal in the world
There's a new contender for the oldest living vertebrate animal on Earth. 11 scientists from institutions around...
