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

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

In an unprecedented move, CITES has listed dozens of shark and ray species for protection, in hopes their populations can ...

Sloths, sharks, rays, and okapi gained stronger CITES protections at CoP20, with new Appendix I and II listings.

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

A tiger shark swims among surgeonfish off Fuvahmulah Atoll, Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. imageBROKER/Norbert Probst via Getty Images All of the saltwater bodies on Earth make up one big ocean. But ...

Ocean depths hide sharks with extraordinary features. These creatures, from the Goblin shark's snout to the Thresher shark's ...

A small bioluminescent shark so rare that there are only two specimens in the entire world has been discovered in the Gulf of ...

As summer heats up in Australia and more people go swimming, concerns about sharks inevitably rise. But what is the real ...

Young seabirds create a seasonal food source that draws tiger sharks and pushes other sharks to change where and when they ...

Sharks are able to detect weak electric signals using the pores on their snouts that act as electroreceptors, which helps ...

Among sharks and rays, species within the first four million years of existence are significantly more likely to go extinct than older species, according to a study led by researchers from the ...