So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

This is a photograph of shortfin mako shark scales which each measure about 0.2 millimeters in length. The front row of scales has been manually bristled to their maximum angle of about 50 degrees ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries ... The shortfin mako is a highly migratory species whose geographic range extends throughout ...

More information: Brendan D. Shea et al, First satellite track of a juvenile shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea, Frontiers in Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389 ...

Scientists were amazed to spot a Maori octopus hitchhiking on the back of a speedy shortfin mako shark, an unusual sight captured in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf. It’s not every day you see an ...