PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The oceanic whitetip shark’s declining status in the wild warrants listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, an arm of the federal government has determined. The ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) – A new rule on improving the survival of hooked Oceanic Whitetip sharks goes into effect this week. The new rule goes into effect on Tuesday, May 31 and it looks to improve the ...

Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Atlantic Ocean off an island in the Bahamas by NaluPhoto via iStock for WMNF News. ©2024 The News Service of Florida Florida officials on ...

(CN) — The National Marine Fisheries Service has for years failed to complete its legally required consultation regarding the effects authorized fisheries in Hawaii and Samoa have on the threatened ...

Wildlife officials used a baited underwater camera to film several “highly rare” oceanic whitetip sharks. Video shows the elusive predators. Screengrab from Facebook video shared by UK’s Blue Belt ...

Florida officials on Tuesday added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or harmed in state waters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) announced that the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program (RJD) at the University of Miami (UM) has been awarded an annual grant to support its project: ...

Brendan Talwar and a research team were studying oceanic whitetip sharks off the Bahamas when they were surprised to see a pair of courting sharks glide gracefully under the boat in unison. Members of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. DOHA, Qatar — Japan and China on Tuesday torpedoed proposals to protect ...

Oceanic sharks and rays live so far from land that the average person is unlikely to ever see them. But these species, which live in the vast open ocean, are also among the most revered, and include ...