PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Zamboanga Peninsula said it is looking into the death of a juvenile reef shark, whose head was found ...

Costa Rica faces growing pressure from environmental experts and lawyers to tighten enforcement of laws protecting endangered sharks. Recent court rulings have highlighted gaps in how the government ...

A Riviera Beach man was airlifted to the Treasure Coast on Aug. 16 after being bitten by a 6-foot-long reef shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas. “Obviously lost the fish. Never saw the shark that ...

In the heart of French Polynesia, a narrow channel carves its way through the Fakarava Atoll, connecting a vast lagoon to the open ocean. To the casual eye, it’s a beautiful stretch of turquoise water ...

An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling and spear fishing with his family near Horseshoe Reef in Key Largo. Officials said the incident occurred Monday around 3:30 p.m. Your ...

Bull sharks are one of the most commonly found sharks in the Florida Keys. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo An 8-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark while snorkeling off the ...

One of a blacktip reef sharks’ top teeth as seen under a scanning electron microscope. CREDIT: Maximilian Baum (HHU) / Steffen Köhler (HHU). Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Sharks are often misunderstood, but for divers, they’re among the most compelling creatures to encounter. These animals are ancient, finely tuned, and nothing like their Hollywood image. Around the ...

Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, located more than 2,700 miles south of Hawaii’s capital in Honolulu, ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world and are endangered but are hard to study because they’re largely solitary creatures that roam great distances. There are only about 30 ...

A 63-year-old American suffered "severe injuries" when he was attacked by a shark while spearfishing in The Bahamas on Sunday, police have said. The tourist was treated on the island of Abeco before ...