This is the question Florida International University Ph.D. candidate Devanshi Kasana and Belizean fisherman was phased with when a Greenland shark turned up on their line while tagging tiger sharks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Thus, the urgency to conserve these reef shark populations has never been more apparent, necessitating a comprehensive and global ...

The number of rays is growing in coral reef ecosystems around the world as overfishing obliterates shark populations. The findings come from a global study using thousands of underwater cameras to ...

A new study published in Science has revealed that overfishing is not only pushing sharks towards extinction, but reef sharks in particular, with a global average decline of 63% in five main shark ...

A Grey reef shark swins in an aquarium at the National Center of the Sea in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France - Copyright AFP/File PHILIPPE HUGUEN A Grey reef shark ...

The reef shark population has dropped to dangerously low numbers — way worse than researchers anticipated, according to a new study co-authored by Florida International University. The global number ...

A team of researchers analyzing almost 400 coral reefs found significantly declining numbers of certain shark species, warning that they face a risk of extinction because of overfishing. The ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Take a dive into the world of sharks and discover their biology, while also learning how to protect these animals in the wild with Point Defiance Zoo's Eye-to-Eye Shark Dives. Since ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Predators in perpetual motion. Sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you’re not alone. And for good reason: sharks must swim to breathe (or so we were told). The science of how sharks ...

A Caribbean reef shark glides past scuba divers at a dive site called Shark Canyon off Juno Beach. The reef shark population has dropped to dangerously low numbers — way worse than researchers ...