Typically, sharks are finned alive—brought aboard fishing vessels to have their fins sliced off, then thrown back into the sea, where they suffocate, bleed to death, or are eaten by other animals.

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a soupfin shark in the Salish Sea, an area where they were not previously thought ...

Some countries/jurisdictions have enacted full or partial bans on the practice of shark finning—slicing off the fins of the shark at sea (often while the shark is still alive) and discarding the ...

The carving away at the stone from the sea is called coastal geomorphology. A local legend tells a chilling tale of how the shark fin formation came to be. It’s undoubtedly fueled some ...

When fishermen collect shark fins, they just cut their fins off and throw the shark back to the sea. Not being able to swim properly anymore, the sharks quickly die. Sharks play a big role in the ...

The practice involves "cutting off a shark's fin, often while the shark is still alive, and dumping the animal back into the sea to die slowly," according to Humane Society International.

Shark finning is an act of brutality. Their fins are cut off while the creatures are still alive. Then they are thrown back into the sea where they are eaten by other fish or drown because they ...

Editor’s note: This post looks back to 2012, when the accompanying image was captured on a Mexican beach, at a time when it was not widely known that adult great white sharks inhabited the Sea ...

The body of a three-meter- (9.8-foot-) long female dusty shark in the early stages of pregnancy washes up on Olga Beach in ...

Campaigns against shark's fin soup have led many to believe that ... An additional strain comes from territorial disputes in the South China Sea, which have ignited competition for natural ...

To the north and west is the Irish Sea and to the south is the Bristol ... How to spot them These torpedo shaped sharks have very long front fins. They can usually be found about 10 miles offshore.

Western civilisation developed around these shores but now human activity is having a profound effect on this endangered sea. The great white shark is most commonly associated with the coasts of ...