The Kavachi volcano is an active underwater volcano located near the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific. Underwater, or submarine, volcanoes are found on the ocean floor. The Kavachi volcano ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A silky shark named Genie traveled from the Galapagos Islands out to the open ocean and back – over 17,000 miles – over the course of a year... A silky shark named Genie swam 17,000 miles, a ...

A species of requiem shark found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) typically inhabit pelagic environments, ranging from the surface to depths of ...

Hundreds of sharks gathered off the coast of Brazil, attracting the attention of divers and scientists. A video shows the mass of ocean predators mysteriously circling. Free divers plunged into the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chelsea Black, University of Miami (THE CONVERSATION) I made an accidental and ...

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 silky shark named Genie traveled from the Galapagos Islands out to the open ocean and back – over 17,000 miles – over the course of a year and a half. This is the longest recorded migration for a ...