Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

A mysterious species of deepwater shark that has been increasingly threatened with extinction for years was thrown a lifeline Friday after the global body that regulates the international endangered ...

Despite more than a decade of international efforts to curb the trade of threatened shark species, new research led by FIU marine biologist Diego Cardeñosa and Demian Chapman, director of the Shark ...

A groundbreaking test developed by an FIU scientist can detect small, elusive hammerheads without anyone ever setting eyes on them — a critical new tool for species fighting for survival. This ...

MAITON ISLAND, Thailand, Jan 26 (Reuters) - After a brief countdown by conservationists, a young Indo-Pacific leopard shark glided into the blue waters off Maiton Island in southern Thailand, released ...

Quick Take Indo-Pacific leopard sharks are considered endangered by the IUCN. Shark populations have plummeted more than 70 ...

A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be confidently assigned to any shark order that exists ...

'It just shows how degraded this ecosystem is,' said Dr. Francesco Ferretti, a lead researcher at Virginia Tech Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025 ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- If you ever come face-to-face with the wrong kind of shark, there's something you probably want to avoid. Just a hint: they're long and really sharp. But now, researchers at ...

If modern sharks seem intimidating, their prehistoric ancestors were even more extraordinary. Long before today’s great ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — Be cautious at the seafood counter. That’s the message coming from the researchers who conducted a newly released study from the University of North Carolina. After testing ...