International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments reveal growing human pressures on whale sharks, (Rhincodon typus), are putting them at an increasing risk of extinction. Whale sharks are listed as Endangered…
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Prehistoric sharks grace the cover of Science Magazine…
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A team of marine scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed that southern Africa's most threatened endemic shark…
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Of all the shark fishing countries in the European Union, the fishers of Spain catch the most shortfin mako sharks, Isurus oxyrinchus, accounting for nearly half of all the North Atlantic landings…
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Our Djibouti Whale Shark Project has just published a paper that documents─for the first time─the presence of a leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, in Djibouti waters...
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Scientists from the University of Exeter, the Zoological Society of London and Oceanswell, a Sri Lankan NGO examined the effects of the longstanding ban on fishing for thresher sharks in Sri Lanka…
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The Philippines host the second-largest known aggregation of whale sharks in the world. Donsol, the first and longest-running whale shark ecotourism destination in the Philippines, has become known as the “Whale Shark Capital of the World.”…
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The Seychelles, a archipelago in the western Indian Ocean with a huge Exclusive Economic Zone of 1.4 million square kilometres, faces challenges when it comes to monitoring illegal activities in the nation's waters…
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In just 40 years populations of the smalltail shark, Carcharhinus porosus, plummeted by 90% in Brazil due to rampant overfishing…
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Large-bodied hammerhead sharks are of conservation concern worldwide but protection of their populations requires knowledge of their distribution patterns…
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An 18-year study provided new insights into how an ocean ecosystem can change following the decline of an apex predator…
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Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish, also known as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish, found in all temperate oceans…
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In Brazil, the largest shark meat importer worldwide, sharks and rays are traded as “cação” making it difficult to monitor what species are actually being traded…
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On October 20, 2020, Dr. Jennifer Schmidt, Director of Research at the Shark Research Institute, reported that an ecological disaster is taking place in Djibouti…
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The ocean is filled with microplastics so it is no surprise that marine animals, including sharks, are ingesting them. A new study investigated microplastics in four species…
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Shark Research Institute Inc has earned a spot on the GreatNonprofits 2020 Top Rated List!…
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Jason Gillespie of England was deep-sea fishing with some friends near the Isle of Wight when he caught this three-foot tope shark…
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Squalene is a natural organic compound obtained from shark liver oil and vegetable oils including amaranth seed, rice bran, wheat germ, and olives…
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All shark fishermen in the USA are required to have both a State and Federal permit to handle and tag protected species…
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On September 30, 2020, Queensland fisheries minister Mark Furner announced that sharks harvested in Australia's East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery (ECIFFF) must be…
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