MIAMI, Fla. -- Officials have confiscated about $1 million worth of shark fins. The shipment includes roughly 1,400 pounds of the animal products that were hidden in 18 boxes. "An estimated one ...

USFWS shared a video of a shark-looking dorsal fin in the waters near the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. But ...

Sharks are vital apex predators, keeping prey populations in check, cycling nutrients for species further down the food chain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator The idea that a shark’s dorsal fin might be more than just a stabilizer may ...

U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American ...

Great whites are one of more than 20 Mediterranean shark species protected under international law, meaning it is illegal to ...

HOUSTON (KGO) -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says ten restaurants and markets in the Houston and Dallas area were caught illegally selling shark fins and shark fin products during a recent ...

A hammerhead shark less than one meter long swims frantically in a plastic container aboard a boat in the Sanquianga National Natural Park, off Colombia’s Pacific coast. It is a delicate female ...

The Sea World Foundation teams up with divers to locate, catch and release tangled grey nurse sharks — often referred to as ...

Eric Sander, it stands to reason, knows more about sharks than you, me and most of our friends combined. So, it also stands to reason, he could tell us why offshore anglers are having more and more ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Get ready to celebrate Shark Awareness Day on Sunday, July 14! This special day is all about learning cool and important facts about our underwater friends – sharks! Whether you’re ...