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'Extinction risk' to sharks and rays A shark that uses its tail to stun prey and a ray half the length of a bus are on the list of 50 species.

Hilton Head man hooks 3,500-lb great white shark he calls ‘a submarine with a tail’ Hilton Head, SC charter captain Chip Michalove hooked three great white sharks Tuesday, Dec. 4, and tagged one for scientists to study. One of the sharks was an estimated 3,500 pounds and 18 feet long.

Less than 15 days left this Congress to help sharks To protect sharks, we need to end the trade of shark fins.

5 Fin-credible Facts About Whale Sharks - Ocean Conservancy Let’s celebrate these fascinating fish on International Whale Shark Day and every day!

Three sharks shot and killed near site of Whitsundays attacks Three tiger sharks are shot and killed after being caught in drum lines in the Whitsunday Islands in north Queensland.

Free-Diving Family Saves Whale Shark Stuck in a Fishing Net While free-diving off of Hawaii, a family encounters a whale shark with a gigantic rope around its neck and decides to try to free it.

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Whirlpools are hot spots for great white sharks - Futurity Scientists studying the movement of great white sharks were surprised to learn they prefer warm water eddies to cool ones. Here's why.

400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal Shark, which would have reached sexual maturity at around 150 years, sets new record for longevity as biologists finally develop method to determine age

World's fastest shark speeding toward extinction The shortfin mako is at risk due to failure to halt overfishing, with EU ‘most to blame’

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a mystery great white shark lair in the Pacific Every year, great white sharks travel to a seemingly barren stretch of the Pacific, known as the White Shark Café, for reasons that scientists have not been able to explain.

Prehistoric sharks feasted on flying reptiles, fossil reveals The wing bone of a Pteranodon that cruised the skies 83 million years ago shows that the creature met its end in the mouth of a marine predator.

Man stumbles upon rare 25-million-year-old teeth of mega-toothed shark Amateur fossil enthusiast Phil Mullaly knew he had found something special when he spotted something glimmering in a boulder.