Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in ...

Sharks have long been seen as creatures to fear. However, with 150 species of sharks being considered threatened or ...

Beachgoers at South Carolina’s Coligny Beach witnessed a shark-related drama that was also captured and shared widely online.

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

In early December 2025, the CITES Conference of the Parties, made up of representatives from 184 countries, voted to initiate or expand protection against trade for many species. The votes included ...

Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza explains how, when people replace mistruths with facts, knowledge dissolves fear, compassion replaces ...

Governments agreed to ban or restrict international trade in shark meat, fins and other products for more than 70 species ...

Philippine conservation advocates call for stronger protection measures for endangered shark species at CITES meeting The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on ...

The Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus) is no ordinary fish. Measuring up to 23 feet (seven meters) long and capable of living for over 400 years, it moves through the icy waters of the North ...

Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there's one job in Australia that pays ...

It’s a universal fact that as any 3D object, from a Platonic sphere to a cell to an elephant, grows outward in all directions, its total surface area will increase more slowly than the space it ...

A new study led by University of South Florida biologist Lucas Griffin has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely violate Mexico's whale shark tourism rules—even when the waters are far less ...