Watch New Zealand fishermen get the shock of their lives when a massive mako shark leaps into the air and lands on the front ...

New research reveals that despite decades of overfishing, shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic still have relatively high ...

The shortfin mako shark is on the brink of extinction due to overfishing, yet genetic analysis reveals that Atlantic ...

Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) is one of two species in the genus Isurus. In French this species is known as Requin - taupe bleu. Shortfin makos are identified by a pointed snout, a caudal keel, ...

Killer whales in Australia have occasionally recorded preying on various shark species, including blue shark (Prionace glauca), porbeagle (Lamna nasus), shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), ground ...

The situation for shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean is particularly dire ... He goes on to caution, "Typically, in most of the exploited shark species we study we see pretty low diversity." ...

The situation for shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean is particularly dire ... Mahmood Shivji from the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center (SOSF-SRC) and Guy Harvey Institute ...

Officials with the Shreveport Aquarium recently announced the unusual birth of a swell shark pup in a tank where only two female sharks were present. Named "Yoko" from the Chumash word "onyoko," ...

A Louisiana aquarium has a new star — and a mystery — on its hands after a baby shark was born in a habitat without any males. The Shreveport Aquarium announced last week that Yoko the swell ...

The world's biggest iceberg is on the loose and is threatening to collide with a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, scientists warned this week. Known as A23a ...

There are records of about 30 shark attacks in British waters. The most recent was in 2022, when a woman was bitten on the leg by a blue shark as she snorkelled off the coast of Penzance in Cornwall.

Britain’s waters are home to 40 species of shark, at least 20 of which are permanent residents. Some of the sharks that visit UK waters can be dangerous, particularly the Shortfin Atlantic mako ...