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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 ...

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 ...

When my late husband, Peter Benchley, and I celebrated our 40th anniversary, I had one wish: to go cage diving with great white sharks. After decades of ocean expeditions together, I’d often been the ...

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

A decision that has marine conservationists worldwide cheering: At the 20th CITES conference, member states agreed on stricter protection measures for more than 70 species of sharks and rays. What ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. UNC researcher trains Indonesian fishers to tag sharks through Project Hiu Tag data reveals tiger sharks cluster in 40 km² area for ...