A thresher shark conservation effort in eastern Indonesia focusing on alternative sources of income has reduced up to 90% of ...

A sub-species of the thresher shark family, the bigeye thresher, is classified as endangered in most of the Atlantic Ocean.

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are ...

Researchers urge stronger protections like fishing limits and habitat conservation to prevent further decline in shark populations.

This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus). Embryos of other sharks survive by ...

Research shows that catch-and-release policies aren’t enough to slow the trend In a nutshell Catch-and-release policies help but aren’t enough. While retention bans reduce shark deaths, many species ...

While multiple shark species, including mako and thresher sharks, are known to breach, great whites are the most famous for this behavior. Even though it looks unnecessary for a shark to breach the ...

Fifteen species of sharks live off the Oregon coast ... with two blue sharks on the left and a common thresher shark on the right. The shark plate is the most recent in a series of specialty ...

There are 15 species of sharks off of Oregon's coastline ... with two blue sharks on the left and a common thresher shark on the right. The Big Fish Lab must sell 3,000 vouchers before the ...

It features three shark species commonly found in Oregon, the salmon shark, blue shark and thresher shark. “Funding shark research is hard. Sharks are not delicious or cuddly but they’re ...

Other shark species such as the longfin mako, sandbar, pelagic thresher, and scalloped hammerhead also held infamous spots high on the list, Jacquet noted. The study is believed to be the first of ...