Longline fishing is controversial due to its impact on migratory and non-target species. The practice is also expanding in ...

Gruber: Several species do, including hammerheads and mackerel sharks. Typically, pelagic sharks that never encounter the bottom are adapted to swim all their lives. But the vast majority of ...

During a December 2023 expedition in the Hauraki Gulf near Kawau Island, scientists from the University of Auckland captured footage of an octopus affixed to the dorsal region of ...

Is this a new alliance between marine species? According to images published by the University of Auckland in New Zealand, ...

So why are shark populations continuing to drop ... that finning overall was "moving away from finning of larger pelagic species toward full use of smaller coastal species, presenting new ...

A thresher shark conservation effort in eastern Indonesia focusing on alternative sources of income has reduced up to 90% of ...

A study has highlighted the profound ecological impact of the great white shark's disappearance from False Bay.

Other shark species such as the longfin mako, sandbar, pelagic thresher, and scalloped hammerhead also held infamous spots high on the list, Jacquet noted. The study is believed to be the first of ...

photo by kuldive Law enforcement’s ability to identify the species of landed sharks once ... compiled data on hundreds of millions of shark deaths and found that, while mortality decreased by 7 ...