The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, ...

V irginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the ... Bernard and Professor Mahmood Shivji from the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center (SOSF-SRC) and Guy Harvey Institute at Nova Eastern ...

A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (Image and Video Gallery: Deep Connections 2019: Exploring Atlantic ...

They can sprint at 30 mph but no one really knows how fast they can go. But one thing is for sure; this shark was built for speed. Like dimples on a golf ball, this shark has specially textured ...

Shortfin mako sharks are built for speed ... They are a highly valuable shark on the international market, and have declined rapidly due to overfishing ...

There are two species of mako shark. These are the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, and the longfin mako, Isurus paucus. The mako is one of the rare warm-blooded sharks, so they prefer tropical ...

Satellite tag technology has facilitated observations of the movement patterns of large fish in waters around Taiwan, the ...