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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

Shrinking Indonesian shark fisheries spur a national action plan

Melati Kaye 20 Aug 2015

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 24 Apr 2015

Madagascar establishes a sanctuary for sharks

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2015

Shark pups may not survive climate change

Leslie Willoughby 1 Dec 2014

Demand for shark fin plunging

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2014

Weird and mysterious: scientists find new shark species

Chris Samoray 16 Apr 2014

Saving sharks one sandwich at a time: conservationists target ‘shark bake’

Elizabeth Devitt 28 Feb 2014

35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2014

Investigation finds Chinese factory slaughters 600 whale sharks a year

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2014

One quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction

Loren Bell 22 Jan 2014

The smoothtooth blacktip shark and four other species rediscovered in markets

Frank Izaguirre 21 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2013

China bans shark fin, bird’s nest soup from state banquets

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2013

Indonesia’s national airline carrier bans shark fins

Diana Parker 23 Nov 2013

Fishermen get crafty to circumvent shark fin ban

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Nov 2013

Fishermen illegally killing dolphins for shark-bait in Peru (video)

Dan Collyns 23 Oct 2013

Shark overfishing hurts coral reefs

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2013

Video: scientists discover new walking shark species in Indonesia

Suzanne Goldenberg 11 Sep 2013

Whale shark mapping: scientists uncover global distribution for the largest fish in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Aug 2013

Zoos call on governments to take urgent action against illegal wildlife trade (photos)

Jeremy Hance 24 Jul 2013

Monster shark sparks talk of overfishing

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2013

Heavy metal shark meat: dangerous lead levels found in sharks used as fish food

Dr Liz Kimbrough 18 Mar 2013

Sharks and rays win protections at CITES

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

Has shark fin consumption peaked at 100M dead sharks per year?

Jeremy Hance 5 Mar 2013

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