These types were far flimsier and tended to break off when passing through low-lying tree branches or pure vandalism. The shark fin's wide footing enables it to accommodate a maximum of 14 antennas.

The fins of some species, such as Hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae spp.), and Oceanic Whitetip Carcharhinus longimanus are of higher value and the associated demand has contributed to unsustainable ...

so sharks caught accidentally are routinely killed for their fins. Although over 100 shark species appear on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, less than half receive global protection through ...

but some key changes differentiate the two including their fins. Anisopleurodontis is a genus of shark, but this genus contains just one species! They went extinct almost 300 million years ago and ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a soupfin shark in the Salish Sea, an area where they were not previously thought ...

Shark finning kills an estimated 73 million sharks each year, driven by the demand for shark fin soup. In 2000 ... numbers from the ecosystem can have irreversible effects on every species in the ...