Appallingly, the animals are usually conscious through much of the ordeal. Approximately 50 million more sharks die annually as bycatch in unregulated fisheries, often through the use of destructive ...

After this, the mutilated animals are tossed back into the sea to die of suffocation (as they can no ... The AWI webpage on restaurants selling shark fin soup is one of the most visited areas on AWI’s ...

A young kayaker out fishing alone near Cape Rēinga resorted to praying for his safety as a shark as big as his boat relentlessly trailed him along the remote coastline. Matt Wells, 19, recorded an ...

Footage shows a gigantic, adult, 1,653-pound great white shark getting tagged for research last month. The 13-foot, 9-inch ...

Scientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest ...

So, if the shark fin trade in Hong Kong is banned, the traders will lose an important marketplace, and will have to hunt fewer sharks. Sharks are endangered animals, so we should protect them from ...

The 14ft-long shark - dubbed Contender - was found swimming below the surface under southwest Atlantic waters and is now ...

Speaking on Landward Dr Lucy Hawkes explained, “Basking sharks are big animals but they can also dive under the water and stay well out of sight for months and months of the year. “I guess ...

A 9-foot OCEARCH-tagged great white shark that visited the Southwest Florida coast repeatedly in 2024 is back.

Campaigns against shark's fin soup have led many to believe that fisheries targeting sharks for their fins are the main (and only) threat to the animal. However, from surveys conducted at ...