A team of researchers that includes FIU shark biologists Diego Cardeñosa and Yannis Papastamatiou call for establishing a ...

There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world's oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet long. They're found from polar waters to the ...

I write about the world of biology. Numerous shark species are capable of inflicting mortal harm on humans. Here are ten species that ... [+] researchers know for sure have killed at least one ...

Florida officials have added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or harmed ...

(CN) – An international team of marine scientists has discovered not just one but two new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawshark in the West Indian Ocean. The newly discovered sharks go by the ...

(WCTV) - Florida officials on Tuesday added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or harmed in state waters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

In Hawaii, the species goes unidentified in about 40 percent of incidents. “There’s a lot we don’t understand about shark bite incidents,” Meyer said in a taped statement released Friday.

In a groundbreaking discovery that sheds light on the complex dynamics of oceanic predation, scientists have documented the first known case of a porbeagle shark being consumed by a larger predator.

Two shark species, including the endangered soupfin shark, have been confirmed in Puget Sound, marking notable ecological shifts. Researchers at Oregon State University have made the first scientific ...

Sadly, this fact tends to be forgotten, largely thanks to films that depict sharks as man-eating monsters. On the surface, this demonisation of the species may seem fairly harmless – beyond ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation organizations submitted a petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service today requesting protection of the tope shark under the Endangered Species Act. The waters off ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition today urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the great hammerhead shark under the Endangered Species Act. Today’s ...