The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has identified thousands of critical habitats for some of the world’s most threatened fishes. Now saving these sites is up to us.

As some shark populations start to recover, understanding mating and predatory habits are key to their continued survival.

Conservation requires the management and protection of not only wildlife populations, but the habitats they rely on. The identification and characterization of these essential habitats is a key first ...

Human activity has altered nearly all ecosystems on Earth, contributing to substantial biodiversity loss across taxonomic, genetic and functional dimensions, from the intraspecific to the ecosystem s...

Hemiscyllium dudgeonae is the tenth recorded species of walking shark, which use their pectoral fins to move across reef flats, and its limited range means it may be at high risk of extinction

BEIRUT: Activists and campaign groups on Saturday paid tribute to Lebanese environmentalist Mona Khalil who died ...

With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date.

Some habitats serve particularly important functions for wildlife. Identifying and appropriately managing these ‘essential habitats’ is critical, especially for wildlife that have faced severe population declines like sharks.

Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.

New research is suggesting that not all sharks are the lone, cold, ruthless predators as many films so often depict them. Some species, it turns out, can even be friendly — at least among their own ki...

158 Important Shark and Ray Areas Identified Across Australia and the Southeast Indian Ocean ​ New scientific map highlights critical habitats for threatened and endemic species ​A major...

Shark Advocates International (SAI) is dedicated to conserving some of the ocean’s most vulnerable, valuable, and neglected animals – the sharks. With the benefit of nearly two decades of achievement ...

Research by Heriot-Watt University suggests that flapper skate numbers are on the increase.

Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, and accordingly many scientists who study sharks want their research to be useful for conservation. However, most scientific training does n…

Published in African Journal of Marine Science (Vol. 47, No. 3, 2025)

It identifies protected species on the spot and catch traffickers in the act.

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PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — When Oscar de Morais isn’t out tracking jaguars, you’ll find him aboard his houseboat moored along the banks of the São Lourenço River. He sits beneath a mosquito net on two stacked blue plastic chairs, watching Brazilian soap operas while a fan blows warm air his way. That is, until someone […]

Scientists have identified a super-habitat for reef sharks in Fakarava. The finding could have major implications for conservation.