Pacific sleeper sharks were spotted in the South China Sea - 1,800 miles from home - offering new clues about deep-ocean ...

The Halifax-based Marine Animal Response Society says the remains of a large, shortfin mako shark — considered the fastest shark in the ocean — were found Saturday along the shoreline near ...

These included the endangered longfin mako (I. paucus), dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), sandbar shark (C. plumbeus), pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus), the critically endangered scalloped ...

Endangered sharks in the Pacific are being killed by industrial fisherman — and environmental activists are exposing the alarming decimation.

Mako sharks are fast, predatory sharks that can be found swimming in tropical and temperate oceans. These speedsters of the seas can reach 31 miles per hour, with bursts of up to 46 miles per hour ...

The giant sharks went extinct around 3.5 million years ago, and their closest living relative is the shortfin mako shark, which is also commonly found in Florida waters.

Shortfin Mako sharks These sharks are "aggressive predators" that eat other fish, such as bluefish, swordfish, tuna, marine mammals, and other sharks, according to the National Oceanic and ...

The major tuna fleets that pull in shortfin mako sharks are Spain (44%), Pakistan (25%) and Portugal (12%), according to the IOTC stock assessment for the species.

Great white sharks are migrating north along the Atlantic Coast from their wintering grounds. Researcher Jack Casey's work in the 1960s revealed large shark populations off the Jersey Shore ...