Why cracking down on the shark fin trade may be easier than we thought. Why cracking down on the shark fin trade may be easier than we thought ...

Sharks are often portrayed as aggressive hunters, yet most species show little interest in people. Their behaviour is shaped ...

Abstract: The classification of marine mammal calls is of enormous significance for the protection of marine mammals. Acoustic methods are the most effective tools for studying and monitoring marine ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is sharing the names of their new Bamboo Sharks. Many of these babies are named after Greek gods and goddesses such as Poseidon, Zeus, ...

Winnipeg Jets (9-4, in the Central Division) vs. San Jose Sharks (5-6-3, in the Pacific Division) San Jose, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks and the Winnipeg Jets hit ...

A basking shark found dead on a Moray beach had eaten plastic, according to experts who examined it. The fish, which was more than 4m (13ft) long, washed up at Portgordon, near Buckie. Shark and Skate ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, mammals and birds have the largest brains in relation to their body size, ...

Unlike other fishes, many sharks, like this blacktip reef shark, have both large young and live in warm waters. This explains why sharks have brains that overlap in size with those of the warm-blooded ...

For over 400 million years, sharks have ruled the oceans, surviving mass extinctions and shifting climates. But right now, they’re facing something they may not survive – human pressure. Overfishing, ...