The Bay State is expanding white shark fishing restrictions after several reports of fishermen targeting and catching white ...

It's already illegal for fishermen to attract or capture a great white shark, but Bay State officials are proposing new rules to better restrict shore-based shark fishing after anglers were seen ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Alan Yu, was originally published by WHYY. At an ...

Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. This Caribbean reef shark was spotted in the Bahamas with a wire leader hanging from her mouth. It has been ...

Some experts suspect human interaction may be a factor as great hammerheads are particularly vulnerable to dying after being ...

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Three years on from restrictions aimed at protecting Bermuda’s sharks, catch figures shared by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources show a decline, while marine experts say their ...

El Niño climate phenomenon heating waters off Mexico but incidents with humans remain a rarity ...

Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction, mostly due to fishing. While mandated releases are helpful, researchers discovered that they aren't enough to stabilize shark populations.