By Victoria Schneider Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the ...

Across nine regions, IUCN located 816 areas where at least one threatened species of sharks and rays hosts key activities.

Sharks are often imagined as massive, powerful predators cruising through open water, but not all sharks are great white-sized. Along the coasts of the United States and in the deep offshore waters, ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Whether vacationing or living in the Lowcountry for a while, seeing a shark close to the shoreline can be startling. However, sharks may be moving closer to beaches ...

If added to the Endangered Species List, the shark would be the first granted protections under the current Trump ...

WASHINGTON — The Center for Biological Diversity reached a legal agreement with NOAA Fisheries today requiring the agency to decide by Aug. 12 whether the smalltail shark warrants protection under the ...

City lights reaching the ocean may be quietly altering sharks’ biology, revealing how modern coastlines are reshaping life ...

Aboard this 65-foot vessel, nothing much happens most of the time. The VHF marine radio crackles with mundane chatter. The Atlantic Ocean ebbs and swells. Below deck, crew members resort to playing ...

Sharks have a branding problem. For many people, the word alone conjures images of horror: sleek predators stalking through ...

The future of the great hammerhead depends on how we choose to coexist with the ocean that sustains us both. As we uncover more about its habits and habitats, we’re also confronted with uncomfortable ...

A goblin shark, one of the ocean’s rarest and strangest predators, was spotted near the Canary Islands for the first time.