sharks

The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades.

A tiger shark nicknames Queen Nikki leaps out of the water, just as a marine conservationist is about to dive in.

A tiger shark jumped out of the water and bit a marine conservationist’s fins in a video that has gone viral.

Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline, the Coast Guard said.

A group of boaters had to be rescued by members of the Coast Guard Sunday after their boat sank offshore in Empire, Louisiana.

Members of a charter group fishing off Monhegan, Maine, in late August were startled when a seven-foot mako shark landed in their boat.

A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling around the Bahamas Tuesday.

A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday, according to authorities.

At around 50 feet from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus.

A pair of pliers came in handy to help save the animal.

See amazing video of a group of beachgoers saving a shark in Ocean City, Maryland.

A massive 1,000-pound great white shark named “Ironbound” was recently recorded swimming near the New Jersey Shore.

A swimmer died after being attacked by a shark at a beach in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday

A drone captured these white sharks swimming along the coast in Del Mar, California.

Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular vacation destination saw its first great white shark attacks in generations

Sharks and rays have seen declines in their populations since 2014 and more and more are now threatened with extinction.