The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark but rejected a proposal to protect more species of eel ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks were once one of the most abundant large animals in the open ocean. In Pacific-island lore, these sharks were often seen as ancient messengers of the deep: feared and respected ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks move with extreme efficiency, exploiting physics to maximize their energy surplus for both hunting and downtime. A team of scientists that included shark biologists, an ...

Madagascar and Zanzibar have announced new national protections for dozens of shark and ray species. The move could help turn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare underwater moment was captured near Roca Partida, in the Pacific Ocean, where whitetip reef sharks were seen resting ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service today protected the oceanic whitetip shark as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The decision recognized threats from overfishing and ...