A new study using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed that the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 ...

A new global study blames overfishing for a more than 50% decline in sharks and rays since 1970, but also shows a clear path to preventing their numbers dwindling further. James Cook University's ...

Megalodon sharks were among the largest and most formidable predators ever to exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ago. Despite their massive size, everything scientists know about them ...

Great white sharks are in danger of going extinct in the Mediterranean Sea, which is among the most exploited fisheries on Earth "The impact of industrial fishing has been intensifying ... and it's ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Climate change endangers the population of elasmobranchs or neoselachians, such as sharks and rays. These two species are known as ancient animals that lived tens of millions of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease.

Tourists observe whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu. Once abundant across the world’s oceans, whale shark populations have declined sharply in recent decades. Scientists say global trade limits and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

A mysterious species of deepwater shark that has been increasingly threatened with extinction for years was thrown a lifeline Friday after the global body that regulates the international endangered ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

Shark boffins have warned the iconic great white species faces extinction due to illegal fishing, with a research team ...