It seems like we are hearing more and more about shark bites near Florida beaches. But what if you could track shark activity ...

The fins were destined for Asia, where shark fin soup is considered a delicacy. The two companies have not been named. Almost all of the shark fins - 27.6 tonnes out of the total of 28.7 - were ...

KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan (CNN)-- There is no animal on earth more vilified than the shark. Pop culture references and annual, over-hyped reports of attacks on swimmers or surfers have put sharks on the ...

Their meat rivals swordfish in quality, and their fins are prized in Asia for shark fin soup, a combination that has put makos under significant pressure. But how much pressure, and to what ...

An Oakland earth sciences teacher experienced a jarringly up-close encounter with nature when he and a friend confronted a ...

A tourist had snapped the tell-tale fin of another shark sticking out of the water. Local police later confirmed the sightings were of hammerhead sharks - which generally aren't aggressive towards ...

The fin of the ocean sunfish, also known as a Mola mola, is often confused for a shark’s fin. Ocean sunfish have a more rounded fin, while white sharks have a more triangular fin. Also ...

Keith Poe had hoped a dead fin whale being towed offshore would produce sharks, but the whale sank prematurely in nearshore waters.

Hong Kong’s controversial shark fin trade may face its biggest shake-up in years if conservationists get their way in securing tighter regulations at an international wildlife conference in Panama.

The hundred million we are estimated to kill may be an undercount: they are fished for shark-fin soup, for shark-liver oil, for cartilage to be transformed into neat little capsules of supplements.

They were highly prized for their fins — used in the eponymous shark fin soup — and for their livers. Because they were so valuable, the soupfins sparked a type of “gold rush,” Personius said.

can be as big as 6 1/2 feet and got its name because of its use as the key ingredient in shark fin soup. "Soupfin sharks were relentlessly exploited during the 1930s and 1940s, including for their ...