The shark plate is the fastest-selling charity plate in Rhode Island history and also the first charity to have three ...

So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

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

Fishers in Albania caught a blue shark with an 18-centimetre fragment of swordfish bill embedded in its skull, in the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

How fast can a shark swim? The fastest shark species is the shortfin mako shark, and it's believed that they can go at least 31 miles an hour - possibly even faster than that. In lots of different ...

in Cranston, the Atlantic Shark Institute announced Tuesday morning. The plates feature an image of the endangered shortfin mako shark, and $20 from each plate sale supports the institute's work.

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 ...