Oceanic whitetip ... of food. Sharks in general are well known for using their exceptional senses to locate prey, but these sharks have taken it a step further. A favoured fishing spot in the ...

Florida officials on Tuesday added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or ...

The oceanic whitetip is one of the world’s most endangered sharks that has declined by 98% throughout the world after being hunted for its fins or mistakenly caught in fishing nets. Around the ...

U.S. fisheries using these gears harm oceanic whitetip sharks and giant manta rays and have contributed to the species’ declines. “These indiscriminate fishing practices are outdated,” said Jane ...

Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of ...

However, there have been incidents where blue sharks have bitten humans, typically in situations where they have been provoked or caught in fishing gear. Oceanic whitetip sharks are known for ...

A study suggests that wrapping a surfboard in very bright lights — like aquatic Christmas trees — could make the surfer less ...

Zane Grey made his name writing adventure novels about the American West, but his real love wasn’t gunslinging or cowpoking; it was deep-sea fishing ... about oceanic whitetip sharks in the ...

from the giant sharks to the tiny fish. Here's a oceanic whitetip shark, alongside some pilot fish Oceans are home to millions of different creatures, all with different habitats and feeding habits.

Scientists say sharks ... of fishing boats that are targeting other stocks. Of the 31 species studied, 24 are now threatened with extinction, and three shark species (the oceanic whitetip shark ...

Typically, sharks are finned alive—brought aboard fishing vessels to have their fins sliced off ... great white sharks in 2005; oceanic whitetip, smooth hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, great ...

the group voted to ban the fishing, retention and sale of oceanic whitetip sharks and six types of hammerheads: great, scalloped, scoophead, smalleye, smooth and whitefin. But delegates did little ...