A shortfin mako shark was spotted for the first time in the urban waters of Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach in late March. The Pinnacle Gazette reported that footage was captured by Andrew Macau, a ...

Animals hitch rides together all the time. Sometimes the relationship is mutually beneficial, while in other instances it’s parasitic. Every so often, however, researchers document a previously ...

Built like a torpedo and faster than any other shark, the shortfin mako is the definition of power and precision. This incredible predator can reach speeds over 45 mph, striking its prey with ...

The research team successfully tagged a Mako shark for the first time in the region as part of another research project. Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in ...

Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they’re failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving them to extinction. Global demand for their meat and lucrative fins has placed ...

Like the intrepid fishermen in “Jaws,” these anglers in Whitianga, New Zealand are definitely going to need a bigger boat. No doubt attracted by their bait, a giant mako leaped into the air and landed ...

Critically endangered shark meat is being sold at grocery stores across the United States, and often with labels that are ...

You've probably never seen shark footage quite like this. Fly fishing Captain Mark Martin recorded video of his fishing group hooking a mako shark, and it subsequently breaching out of the water as it ...

Captain Larry Hartman peered out his binoculars as he escorted whale watchers aboard the Catallac off the coast of California. He was scanning the horizon Friday, Aug. 16, when something caught his ...

You've probably never seen shark footage quite like this. Fly fishing Captain Mark Martin recorded video of his fishing group hooking a mako shark, and it subsequently breaching out of the water as it ...