A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

They sent up a drone to look closer, and that's when they realized the orange blob was a living animal ... intended to ride on a shark's head. The shortfin mako is a large shark with big black ...

Shortfin mako sharks are built for speed ... They are a highly valuable shark on the international market, and have declined rapidly due to overfishing ...

According to The New York Times, marine ecologist Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues were on a research trip along the northern coast of New Zealand when they noticed a shortfin mako shark in ...

Researchers captured a video showing the orange-hued octopus clinging to the back of a large shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) as it swims. This "sharktopus" was spotted in the Hauraki Gulf ...

The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, the shortfin Mako is being ... of thousands of animal species at risk ...

Over one quarter of all known shark species are considered threatened or endangered ... At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six species ...