Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the ...

Numerous shark species are capable of inflicting mortal ... One fatality is reported by the International Shark Attack File. Shortfin mako sharks are known for their exceptional speed, agility ...

This research by Virginia Tech documents the first-ever satellite tracking of a critically endangered shortfin mako shark in ...

The newly protected species include mako sharks, wedgefishes and guitarfishes. A demand for shark fin soup is one of the driving factors in the depleting numbers of sharks in the ocean.

A 255-pound mako shark that is nearly 7-feet long has spent ... Makos are currently listed as a vulnerable species, due to its popularity with sport fishing, says the university.

The new rules include stiff penalties for the inhumane treatment of sharks and rays, including the eagle rays that frequently ...

At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six species of guitarfish, and 10 species of wedgefish—were added to Appendix II, thus gaining some ...

Shark and ray products now rival the fin trade in value, but with many species threatened, conservation requires immediate, ...

This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus). Embryos of other sharks survive by ...

They named the newfound species Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi to honor Bruce Bizzoco ... teeth to the teeth belonging to various living sharks, including great white sharks and mako sharks. Cicimurri said ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, ...