Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut ...

Whether a species just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption ...

A rare shark species thought to be wiped out due to overfishing has been spotted for the first time after over five decades in Papua New Guinea, shedding more light on the region’s rich biodiversity.

New research shows that losing threatened requiem shark species could erase millions of years of tooth evolution and squeeze ...

Sharks might be the all time bullet-dodging champions. They’ve been around for about 450 million years, longer than trees, longer than the rings of Saturn, and longer than most of the other life on ...

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 ...

Despite more than a decade of international efforts to curb the trade of threatened shark species, new research led by FIU marine biologist Diego Cardeñosa and Demian Chapman, director of the Shark ...

Governments agreed to ban or restrict international trade in shark meat, fins and other products for more than 70 species ...

The seafood you just purchased from your local grocery store could contain critically endangered shark species, a new study has found. Certain endangered species of shark are being mislabeled in the U ...

Among sharks and rays, species within the first four million years of existence are significantly more likely to go extinct than older species, ...