The great hammerhead is threatened by the shark fin trade and bycatch (unwanted fish captured as a byproduct of commercial ...

New research reveals that despite decades of overfishing, shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic still have relatively high ...

He has even dressed up as a killer whale, complete with towering black dorsal fin ... the hammerhead the third most dangerous species after the great white and the tiger shark.

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving ...

combined with the demand for shark fin as a status food item and the poor enforcement at many points in the supply chain, are the main factors driving the illegal trade. The fins of some species, such ...

Scientists found that bull, nurse and hammerhead sharks split time between ... but most hunters are looking for their fins. Shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in some countries, can cost ...

Humans are killing sharks at a much faster rate than sharks can repopulate. Sharks mature slowly, have slow reproductive rates, and produce few offspring—all of which makes them extremely vulnerable ...

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I was once at the surface playing low-frequency sounds over a speaker to attract sharks. A hammerhead shot up from beneath me, rushing at me at perhaps 30 feet a second before he suddenly turned ...