After reading Dave Grant's article, "Vanishing Sawfish “, in our last newsletter, several members asked me how tell sawfish and sawsharks apart.
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During my incredibly elongated spring break, I realized that this extra time was the perfect opportunity to find out more about how some amazing women are doing their part to help sharks.
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Mercury in shark fins from nine of the most traded shark species in markets in China and Hong Kong contained dangerously high levels of methyl mercury.
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This is the reason why SRI, and responsible scientists have always refused to publish shark tracking data online or in scientific journals until a year or longer after a study concludes.
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A massive squid left scars of its golf-ball size suction disks on the skin of a seven-foot oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus),
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Like all animals, sharks have different personalities. A study done several years ago confirmed that sharks of the same species exhibited different behaviors when stressed.
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Evolutionary biologists studied how different oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula (Mexico) gave rise to new species of guitarfish.
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A new study estimates no-take reserves that extend between 10 and 50 kilometres along coral reefs can achieve significant improvements in populations of reef sharks
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A proposed treaty is being developed under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which define nations' rights and responsibilities for use of the world's oceans…
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 , the whale shark, giant oceanic manta ray and the reef manta ray were added to Taiwan's list of protected species…
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There have been reports of unusually large numbers of basking sharks along the western seacoast of Ireland from Cork to Mayo, in particular off the Clare coast.
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Researchers have traced the origins of shark fins from the retail market in Hong Kong back to the location where the sharks were first caught.
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Protecting and preserving marine life is what the Shark Research Institute does, so a study that shows how we can rebuild the ocean's marine life by 2050 is great news!
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The bubble-gum pink manta ray, named “Inspector Clouseau” in homage to the detective from the Pink Panther films.
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Bangladesh is updating its Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act, 2012, to protect CITES-listed sharks and rays.
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In 2014, the skeleton of Spinosaurus aegypiacus revealed that the giant theropod of the Cretaceous period was semiaquatic.
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The new shark belongs to the genus Phoebodus, which until now consisted only of tooth remains, and represents a previously unknown species now named Phoebodus saidselachus.
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The intricately patterned fluorescence of catsharks comes from tryptophan metabolites produced in certain skin cells.
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First-time protections for makos, guitarfish and wedgefish.
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