And just when scientists think they at least know what animals in the deep are the biggest, a tracker affixed to a female ...

A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

One fatality is reported by the International Shark Attack File. Shortfin mako sharks are known for their exceptional speed, agility, and predatory prowess. They are among the fastest sharks in ...

So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

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This is a photograph of shortfin mako shark scales which each measure about 0.2 millimeters in length. The front row of scales has been manually bristled to their maximum angle of about 50 degrees ...

The shortfin mako, the fastest shark in the world, and the longfin mako are among the shark species being caught in large numbers in the North Atlantic, according to Greenpeace. Both species are ...

in Cranston, the Atlantic Shark Institute announced Tuesday morning. The plates feature an image of the endangered shortfin mako shark, and $20 from each plate sale supports the institute's work.

New Zealand is still complicit and commercially active in the global shark fin trade, despite shark-finning being banned in ...

Empty shark-egg cases occasionally wash up on coastlines around ... This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and bigeye thresher ...

Many shark populations have faced steep declines due to years ... At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six species of guitarfish, and 10 ...