Scientists say increasing numbers of east coast grey nurse sharks is rare good conservation news for the critically endangered species.

CANBERRA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Australia's critically endangered eastern grey nurse shark population is showing a slow but steady increase, research revealed on Friday. The number of adults in the ...

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Pregnant grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) are wandering away from no-take marine protected areas at night, putting the fierce-looking but mild-mannered species at risk of extinction. Not only ...

Fisheries officials said grey nurse shark attacks are “very rare” as they are usually very docile animals. Fisheries were able to identify the shark from photos taken of a tooth fragment that was ...

“What the actual hell is going on?” the scientist mutters under his breath as his fingers hover over the keyboard of his laptop. Surely this data being relayed from a satellite tag that cost thousands ...

To help kick off National Geographic’s Sharkfest celebration, Chris Hemsworth took a break from being the big-time movie star that he is to host the documentary special Shark Beach Wth Chris Hemsworth ...

A new survey of grey nurse sharks shows the species is still in severe danger of becoming extinct. The study, commissioned by the Federal Government, found just over 1,000 of the sharks along the east ...

PORT MACQUARIE, Australia, Oct. 18 (UPI) --A diver off the coast of Australia captured video of his underwater encounter with a massive sand tiger shark. Roger Koenig posted a video to Instagram ...

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