“Every line of this mako showed speed and power ... site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers, and tiger sharks, are held ...

But one thing is for sure; this shark was built for speed. Like dimples on a golf ball ... To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and ...

Researchers from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality have been tracking the fate of a female shortfin mako ...

Drivers will spot more sharks on Rhode Island roads after another round of Atlantic Shark Institute fundraising license ...

One fatality is reported by the International Shark Attack File. Shortfin mako sharks are known for their exceptional speed, agility, and predatory prowess. They are among the fastest sharks in ...

This is a photograph of shortfin mako shark scales which each measure about 0.2 millimeters in length. The front row of scales has been manually bristled to their maximum angle of about 50 degrees ...

At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six species of guitarfish, and 10 species of wedgefish—were added to Appendix II, thus gaining some ...

The shark is warm blooded and can accelerate to speeds of over 20mph, and the speed of an attack can often send the shark breaching spectacularly out of the water in pursuit of its prey.

Fossil teeth also help us to understand shark evolution. For example, we know that the extinct giant mako shark, Isurus hastalis, is the ancestor of today’s great white shark. The fossil record ...

Now, the researchers said they may have identified two suspects — a great white shark and shortfin mako shark—in this scientific murder mystery, changing the way researchers think about how large ...

There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give birth to live ... This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako ...