LA PAZ, Mexico— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today seeking protection for the shortfin mako shark and warty sea cucumber under Mexico’s Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, the ...

The Gulf of Mexico is home to more than 70 species of sharks – and those are just the ones that scientists know about. The ...

A 9-foot OCEARCH-tagged great white shark that visited the Southwest Florida coast repeatedly in 2024 is back.

Map of shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) a priori defined, Atlantic sampling groupings (hereafter referred to as "subpopulations"): WNA, western North Atlantic; GoMex, Gulf of Mexico and ...

Largest egg in the world: An egg case of the whale shark found in the Gulf of Mexico measured 12 by 5.5 by 3.5 inches. Most travelled shark: A blue shark (Prionace glauca) tagged off New York was ...

Largest egg in the world: An egg case of the whale shark found in the Gulf of Mexico measured 12 by 5.5 by 3.5 inches. Most travelled shark: A blue shark (Prionace glauca) tagged off New York was ...

That means that if we can prevent further erosion of this genetic diversity in shortfin mako sharks by urgently curbing overfishing, we have more hope for this species to retain the resilience ...

A tracking study of 56 tiger sharks provides a first look at how their patterns of movement across the Gulf of Mexico vary according to their sex, their life stage, and the season. Matt Ajemian ...