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Contrary to NBC Nightly News, there is no scientific basis for the claim that climate change is causing shark attacks.

Fishing is a popular pastime, serving up a combination of required patience along with the rewarding adrenaline of a catch on the line. However, there are certain types of adrenaline even the most dedicated fisherman avoids,...

A recent study published in the journal Nature has revealed that the number of sharks in the oceans has reduced by 71% since the 1970s. Ray populations are also plummeting. Because of these alarming findings, researchers...

Sharks survived the dinosaur killer, the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event which wiped out 80% of Earth's species, but apparently our gentle 0.1C / decade global warming is a grave threat to their continued survival.

Scientists are racing against time to create a COVID-19 vaccine, but the effects of this venture may cause irreversible harm for sharks. Conservationists estimate that preparing a coronavirus vaccine will require at least...

EarthX, the forum responsible for the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival is teaming up with global nonprofit organization The National Geographic Society to bring Oceans Week onto the virtual...

oceans University of Exeter Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags...

On land, the world is tuning in for Shark Week celebrations, but out in the oceans, the reality for sharks is much more grim. A recent update of the digital database maintained by the Animal Welfare Institute indicates that...

Shark finning has sparked numerous controversies for the horrible act of animal cruelty that has led to the banning of shark finning in 12 U.S. states. However, the ban is so difficult to effectively enforce that some restaurants...

Just in time for the 30th Anniversary of Discovery Channel's popular Shark Week, a new map shows the interaction of 45 sharks with commercial fishing vessels...

Good news for science and for the Earth: scientists looking for rare research specimens, such as the smoothtooth blacktip shark or Antarctic skate, now have a website to request or trade biological odds and ends...

Hong Kong is the biggest trading hub for shark fins in the world. Although they've taken steps to halt illegal trading, conservation group Sea Shepherd recently uncovered a shipment with fins from endangered sharks that arrived...

For the very first time, scientists filmed sharks traveling along a 500-mile-long shark highway in the Pacific Ocean that stretches between the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island...

Though it may not feel it in some places, summer is just around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere and with warmer weather comes a rise in shark attacks...

Winter is here, and it appears even marine creatures are feeling the impact. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy responded to calls of two thresher sharks stranded on Massachusetts beaches, and said the sharks likely succumbed...