STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- If you ever come face-to-face with the wrong kind of shark, there's something you probably want to avoid. Just a hint: they're long and really sharp. But now, researchers at ...

(AP) - Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction. The ...

The blackchin guitarfish has a name that is only marginally more intriguing than its physiology. At first glance, it looks like a child’s drawing of a half-shark, half-ray creature. Its numbers are ...

Italian naturalist, Camilo Ranzani's original 1840 illustration of Carcharhinus porosus, known as the smalltail shark, taken from the Center For Biological Diversity's suit filed in Feb. 2025 against ...

'It just shows how degraded this ecosystem is,' said Dr. Francesco Ferretti, a lead researcher at Virginia Tech Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) The world’s oceans are home ...

Many animals are capable of extraordinarily long migrations, crossing many miles of Earth’s seas, skies, or scenery to reach breeding or feeding ground. While these journeys are impressive, there are ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) The world’s oceans are home ...