An endangered shark was found dead on a beach in Rhode Island this week, sparking questions about what led to its sudden demise. The shark, later identified to be a porbeagle, was found by ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ... great hammerhead, and porbeagle sharks, plus all species of manta rays, in 2014; and thresher and silky ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Similar to a game of Clue, researchers at Oregon State University are trying to uncover the culprit ...

porbeagle shark, oceanic whitetip shark, scalloped hammerhead shark, great hammerhead shark, smooth hammerhead shark, two species of manta rays, and seven species of sawfishes are covered by the ...

Video: Shocking moment an endangered basking shark is struck by a boat in Ireland's National Marine Park is caught on camera - and scientists don't know if it made it out alive An endangered ...

Some of the species on WWF's top ten priority list are among the most endangered ... includes the following species: Porbeagle â€" Porbeagle shark is a powerful, medium-sized, highly ...

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

and the Porbeagle are all thought to be seriously threatened by overfishing. While the votes at the gathering of 178 nations in Bangkok won't ban the trade in the sharks, they will regulate it.

WASHINGTON— Responding to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that protecting the smalltail shark under the Endangered Species ...

A lone catamaran named "Silky" patrols waters around the remote island of Malpelo, a refuge that is protected yet full of peril for endangered marine species in the Colombian Pacific. Its crew of ...

Dozens of countries will push at a global meeting for regulations on trade in 18 types of shark and ray, with conservationists warning of looming extinction for many species. “Sharks and rays ...

Two critically-endangered angel sharks have been captured, fitted with electronic tags and released in Tralee Bay in Co Kerry, allowing scientists to track their movements and habitats for a year.