The International Union for Conservation of Nature categorizes the tope shark as critically endangered. The species is highly threatened with extinction because of commercial overfishing for liver oil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They hesitated at first, but the fishermen jumped into the water after realizing how calm the tiger sharks were, said Chelsea ...

AVON, N.C. -- Not many kids can say their dad punched a shark for them, but 8-year-old Jack Thornton can. His dad, 47-year-old Patrick Thornton, fought off a shark while they were swimming at a North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new 1.20 meter long blacktip reef shark named Amadeus (front) from the Haus der Natur in Salzburg swims in his new home, the ...

The limited range of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) offers reduced protection to vulnerable species such as the highly mobile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Threatened by commercial fisheries ...

How Do US Navy Sailors Protect Aircraft Carriers From Sharks? Picture this: You’re a sailor on a massive aircraft carrier in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from land. After weeks ...

In Gujarat, Kerala, Goa & Lakshadweep, the endangered whale sharks are being protected by communities of fisherfolk that ...

The brother of a West Australian surfer who died three days after being attacked by a shark last year says a recently enacted government rebate on a personal protection device will go “some way” to ...

They hesitated at first, but the fishermen jumped into the water after realizing how calm the tiger sharks were, said Chelsea Black. Black, a postdoctoral researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill, spent two ...