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There are two species of mako sharks. Let's take a look at where in the world these predatory sharks can be found.
When the facility’s backers send executive Russell Franklin for a routine check on the experiments, a procedure goes awry and ...
From Bruce the Shark to The Meg, popular culture has embraced the elasmobranch with cinema immortalising their troubled ...
Rachel Smith, 26, was bitten by a shark in hip-height water in Jamaica’s Montego Bay. The attack on Rose Hall beach left her ...
A scuba diver made an incredible find last week off Florida’s Gulf Coast, a six-inch long megalodon tooth.Kristina Scott was ...
A woman found a rare six-inch long megalodon tooth after she went scuba diving off Florida's Gulf Coast. According to ...
A study by Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, UMass Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries estimated ...
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission recently agreed to several measures aimed at protecting sharks, but some species, like the shortfin mako, were left out.
An octopus rides on the back of a fast mako shark off the coast of New Zealand; a scientific video reveals an unusual interaction.
The shark appeared to be in a stationary position in the sea, with the footage showing a large fin appear on the surface of the water, and part of the sharks’ body visible beneath. “Most likely a ...
A shortfin mako shark. Credit: NOAA-SWFSC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Sturdy as they appear, sharks are very vulnerable to overfishing. They grow and mature more slowly than other ...
A shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the ocean. Image courtesy of David Serradell Zamora. More than a third of shark species globally face the threat of extinction. In the Western Indian ...