Three black-tipped reef sharks swam all the way from the South of Market to Golden Gate Park on Wednesday, joining a flurry of fish and a regiment of rays at the new California Academy of Sciences ...

Blacktip reef shark. Recognized for their black-tipped dorsal fin, blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) grow to about 5 feet and are among the most common sharks found across the planet.

Blacktip reef sharks — not to be confused with “oceanic black tipped sharks” — are a small, near-shore shark species growing to a maximum size of around 6 feet and 30-40 lbs.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Two new sharks joined two longtime sharks the tank inside the Australian aquarium at the Fort Wayne Zoo. There are two Black Tip Reef sharks, a Zebra shark and a ...

The black tipped reef sharks were moved 70 miles (112km) from Great Yarmouth to their refurbished tank at the Hunstanton Sea Life Centre last month. The centre has confirmed the water was two degrees ...

Earlier this year, Sharjah Aquarium divers successfully collected Silver, a 1.34 metre long female blacktip reef shark from Shark Island, Khor Fakkan.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): An abandoned fishing net on Pulau Semakau has caused the deaths of 14 blacktip reef sharks, which are threatened with extinction in Singapore.

Dr. Catherine Macdonald, left, holds a pregnant black tip reef shark while Amani Webber-Schultz and another lab student collect blood during a shark tagging expedition with the University of Miami ...