The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and ...

A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline.

Governments adopted greater protections for more than 70 species of sharks and rays at an international wildlife trade ...

More than 70 shark and ray species have been given new international trade protections after concerns over their populations ...

The world's top wildlife trade organization increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has enacted sweeping new trade protections for sharks and ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue whales, sperm whales, and humpback whales (all mammals) are larger. The ...

Philippine conservation advocates call for stronger protection measures for endangered shark species at CITES meeting The ...

The largest fish in the sea can be found off the coast of the Carolinas — an enormous shark. Whale sharks are the largest known fish species in existence today, but new research suggests the sharks ...

The majority of whale sharks in a marine tourism hotspot off Indonesia have human-caused scars, according to a new study. Photo from NOAA, UnSplash The majority of whale sharks in a global tourism ...

Sharks are often portrayed as scary, but many species are surprisingly gentle and unique. Wildlife videos and documentaries ...

Taroko the whale shark was euthanized after his health declined at the Georgia Aquarium, officials announced. Screengrab from the Georgia Aquarium’s Facebook post After he was rescued from a seafood ...