Under its provisions, Australian state governments are responsible for enforcing fisheries measures to prevent the capture of ...

Last summer, a group of sport fishermen was casting lines off the coast of Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica when one of their hooks caught a creature the likes of which no one had ever seen ...

Anglers off Costa Rica caught a 6-foot-long nurse shark with an orange-yellow hue in a first-of-its-kind sighting, a study said and photos show. Photo from Garvin Watson, shared by Marioxis ...

Sharks are some of the most visually distinct species of all animals, from the unforgettably imposing great white with its impressive jaws and unsettling dead eyes, to the hammerhead shark and its ...

Scientists say increasing numbers of east coast grey nurse sharks is rare good conservation news for the critically endangered species.

BAHAMAS -- A family's dream vacation to the Bahamas took a terrifying turn when a seemingly docile nurse shark went on the attack. The Jones Family from Sandy, Utah was told swimming with the sharks ...