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Microplastic pollution in world’s oceans poses major threat to filter-feeding megafauna

Mike Gaworecki 23 Mar 2018

Do catch and release-induced abortions harm shark and ray populations?

Jack Elliot Marley 26 Jan 2018

Belize imposes offshore oil moratorium to protect reefs

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2018

Where one predator meets another: tracking sharks and fishing effort

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

‘SALT’ alliance aims to tackle illegal fishing on a global scale

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2017

Trade in silky and thresher sharks now to be strictly regulated

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2017
Whale shark off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Sep 2017

Fishing mortality of mako sharks ten times higher than fisheries’ estimates

Neha Jain 5 Sep 2017
A tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Bahamas. Photo by Bethany Augliere.

Will banning trade in fins help endangered sharks? Some experts say no

Ula Chrobak and Sukee Bennett 21 Jul 2017

Reef Market Economy: Energetics key to keeping fish in the sea and the store

Caitlin Looby 1 Jun 2017

Singapore is world’s second largest shark-fin trader: TRAFFIC

Shreya Dasgupta 26 May 2017

Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea

Greg Asner 26 Mar 2017

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Dec 2016

A data trove to support a hoped-for shark sanctuary in Indonesia

Marge Segre 18 Nov 2016

CITES CoP17 closes after key votes on elephants, lions, pangolins, rosewood, and more

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio launches global campaign to protect sharks and rays

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Sep 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

400-year-old Greenland shark might be oldest vertebrate on Earth

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

Whale sharks inch closer to extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 2016
Protesters target Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport in May. Courtesy of WildAid

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

Top 10 stories you should be aware of this World Oceans Day, according to Carl Safina

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jun 2016

Sharks have personalities just like you and me

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2016

Tracking technologies help to identify key marine areas for basking sharks

Katie Taylor 16 Feb 2016

Australia launches shark-tracking drones and ‘smart’ drum lines to prevent shark attacks

Becca Cudmore, Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2015

Could these technologies reduce shark attacks and culls?

Roz Evans 19 Nov 2015

Mystery sharks captured in New Guinea river

Mike Gaworecki 12 Nov 2015

Galapagos “gold rush” feeds global hunger for shark fins, sea cucumbers

Sean Mowbray 5 Nov 2015

Scientists launch global shark and ray census

Kolawole Talabi 2 Nov 2015

Cuba moves to protect sharks

Mongabay 26 Oct 2015

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