A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to ...

A fisherman captured closeup video of a ray making a great escape by using its fins like wings to literally fly away from a hammerhead shark determined to eat it. The ray, showing off its athleticism ...

The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win". Signatories to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Sharks and rays are not just charismatic ocean creatures that grace the ...

Every year, thousands of shark and ray fins are smuggled across international borders, hidden in plain sight in shipping containers or mislabeled among other cargo. For authorities tasked with ...

Over a third of shark, ray, and chimaera species are threatened with extinction, with overfishing driving declines. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of our best conservation tools, but many in ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline. By Alexa Robles-Gil Last week, the world’s leading wildlife trade agreement ...

“The ocean’s power of regeneration is remarkable if we just offer it the chance. It’s not too late.” As the biodiversity crisis in our oceans continues to raise alarm, major progress to protect ...