Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving them to extinction. Global demand for their meat and lucrative fins has placed ...

A lifeless shark was caught by residents in Cauayan, Negros Occidental.

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they’re failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving them to extinction. Global demand for their meat and lucrative fins has placed ...

Animals hitch rides together all the time. Sometimes the relationship is mutually beneficial, while in other instances it’s parasitic. Every so often, however, researchers document a previously ...

Shark researchers at Australia's University of Auckland were surprised recently to see an orange octopus perched atop a mako shark. They sent up their drone and captured a delightful if mystifying ...

Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

Like the intrepid fishermen in “Jaws,” these anglers in Whitianga, New Zealand are definitely going to need a bigger boat. No doubt attracted by their bait, a giant mako leaped into the air and landed ...

“A large metallic grey dorsal fin signalled a big shark, a short-fin mako. But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?" Constantine recalls. "We launched the drone, put the ...