Watch New Zealand fishermen get the shock of their lives when a massive mako shark leaps into the air and lands on the front ...

The shortfin mako shark is on the brink of extinction due to overfishing, yet genetic analysis reveals that Atlantic ...

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

"That means that if we can prevent further erosion of this genetic diversity in shortfin mako sharks by urgently curbing overfishing, we have more hope for this species to retain the resilience ...

WASHINGTON— Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity sent a notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect the shortfin mako ...

At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six species of guitarfish, and 10 species of wedgefish—were added to Appendix II, thus gaining some ...

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 ...

LA PAZ, Mexico— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today seeking protection for the shortfin mako shark and warty sea cucumber under Mexico’s Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, the ...

Number of species: There are well over 350 known species ... can attain speeds approaching 20 mph; mako sharks (Isurus sp.) are thought to be even faster. Youngest shark to bite a human: A marine ...