The Galapagos Marine Reserve covers about 133,000 square kilometers. Despite this large size, tracked sharks spent less than ...

The limited range of marine protected areas (MPAs) offers reduced protection to vulnerable species such as the highly mobile ...

A decision that has marine conservationists worldwide cheering: At the 20th CITES conference, member states agreed on stricter protection measures for more than 70 species of sharks and rays. What ...

Sharks have prowled Earth's waters for over 400 million years, but a growing appetite for their fins has driven several shark species to the brink of extinction ...

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Costa Rica faces growing pressure from environmental experts and lawyers to tighten enforcement of laws protecting endangered sharks. Recent court rulings have highlighted gaps in how the government ...

Sharks may elicit less sympathy than elephants or rhinos, but experts say the feared predators are under increasing pressure from unmanaged commercial fishing and desperately in need of further ...

Okinawa and its surrounding waters represent what marine biologists call a "shark and ray hotspot" in terms of both diversity and conservation significance. In this episode of the OIST podcast, Dr.