One little girl did the right thing by getting out of the water when she spotted a shark fin swimming off the coast of Myrtle ...

Once caught on a baited hook, live sharks are often hauled aboard to have their fins cut off. After this, the mutilated animals are tossed back into the sea to die of suffocation (as they can no ...

thinner pectoral fins, situated on each side of the shark. These enabled them to swim more efficiently, giving more energy to spend catching prey in the vast open oceans, which often involved ...

The sharks face an agonising death because their fins are cut off, and then they are thrown back into the ocean. They can’t swim properly without their fins and sink to the bottom of the sea ...

A 9-foot great white shark, recently tagged by OCEARCH, has made its way to Florida, sending pings from its journey along the ...

“The male was observed to open its mouth and lunge forward towards the caudal fin of the female,” the authors write in the study. “The male shark increased its swimming speed and lunged ...

Then they are thrown back into the sea where they are eaten by other fish or drown because they cannot swim. Humans kill about 100 million sharks per year – mostly for the shark fin trade.

The nearly 1,700-pound adult male was tagged last week offshore the Florida/ Georgia border. He’s now swimming off the South Carolina coast.

Many shark populations have faced steep declines due to years of exploitation for their fins, cartilage, meat, and liver oil. There is a robust global market for shark fins in particular to meet the ...

5. Great hammerheads like to swim sideways. A typical shark has eight fins on its body, the most recognizable is the first ...