Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharks might be the all time bullet-dodging champions. They’ve been around for about 450 million years, longer than trees, longer ...

Australia has just mapped 158 Important Shark and Ray Areas across its waters, identifying the habitats most critical to the ...

Maryland leaders are considering a bill that would make the extinct megalodon the official state shark.

(AP) - Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction. The ...

Maryland could soon have a state shark. The massive predator’s fossilized teeth can still be found around the state.

A shark so rare it was once thought to be extinct was just spotted off the Welsh coast. The Wildlife Trust of Wales captured footage of the angel shark in Cardigan Bay, the first documented sighting ...

For the first time, global governments have agreed to widespread international trade bans and restrictions for sharks and rays being driven to extinction. Last week, more than 70 shark and ray species ...

The initiative is designed to strengthen wild populations of the alitan, also known as the spotted catshark. Officials said ...

A rare and endangered dusky shark has entered the Gulf of Mexico, pinging about 60 miles west of St. Petersburg, Florida. The ...

'It just shows how degraded this ecosystem is,' said Dr. Francesco Ferretti, a lead researcher at Virginia Tech Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025 ...

Gareth J. Fraser is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida, and receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks ...