This summer, we’ll look at three shark species with notorious reputations ... another possible factor is a proliferation of sea turtles. Green sea turtles received federal protection in 1978 ...

"One of the best things about being a marine scientist is that you never know what you might see next in the sea," writes ...

The practice involves "cutting off a shark's fin, often while the shark is still alive, and dumping the animal back into the sea to die slowly," according to Humane Society International.

Some countries/jurisdictions have enacted full or partial bans on the practice of shark finning—slicing off the fins of the shark at sea (often while the shark ... serve or sell shark fin products.

Wings folded to their sides, they plummeted into the sea like feathered ... A pale pink dorsal fin sliced through the midst. Then another. "Copper sharks!" said Mark Addison, our boat skipper.

A landmark decision to regulate the trade in sharks for shark fin soup is bound to have ramifications ... to catch blue sharks in the open sea. The Kesennuma fisheries cooperative in Miyagi ...