Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One shark's odyssey across thousands of kilometers of ocean has alerted scientists to the importance of international cooperation ...

Despite their wide range, silky sharks are facing serious conservation challenges; they are one of the most heavily fished shark species in the world, primarily because they are caught as bycatch in ...

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The limited range of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) offers reduced protection to vulnerable species such as the highly mobile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Threatened by commercial fisheries ...

A new study by a University of Miami PhD student reports a silky shark was able to regenerate much of its damaged dorsal fin. Instagram screengrab Mariners have long credited sharks with having ...

A team of scientists has monitored the movement of 47 silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) tagged with satellite trackers in the Galápagos Marine Reserve off Ecuador. They observed that the sharks ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - When scientists tagged a fin-mounted tracker onto an adult female silky shark they named "Genie", they had no idea she would lead them on a journey spanning nearly two years and over ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition today urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to take action against Mexico under the Moratorium Protection Act for failing ...