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...

France banned orca captivity, but two orcas remain trapped. With no sanctuary, they face neglect, abuse — and time is running out to save them.

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 ...

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