Footage shows anglers posing with a partially consumed swordfish as the still-hungry mako shark circles the boat.

Reaching speeds of 50kph, the mako is the fastest shark in the sea. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Zane Grey made his name writing adventure novels about the American West, but his real love wasn’t gunslinging or ...

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 mako shark would look puny next to a megalodon,” says Sues. But the fish is still large by human standards; Sues has a set of mako jaws at home and he can easily fit his head in its mout ...

A 255-pound mako shark that is nearly 7-feet long has spent ... due to its popularity with sport fishing, says the university. They are aggressive alpha predators (also known as apex predators ...

However, many of the incidents involving shortfin mako sharks are viewed as provoked, often stemming from harassment or the shark becoming entangled in fishing gear. Grey reef sharks are one of ...

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

The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) announced that commercial shark license plates will be available for pickup on Saturday, ...

For example, in countries like Mauritania and Gambia, the influx of Ghanaian fishers has led to the adoption of new fishing techniques and gear, including those used for shark capture. From ...

A few years later, the vice president of GM's Styling Staff (now General Motors Design Center) caught a Mako Shark while deep-sea fishing off the coast of Florida. He thought its sleek appearance ...

According to the PEW Environmental Trust, the top 20 shark fishing nations account for 80% of the world’s annual total reported shark catch. The top 10 shark fishing nations, in order, are: Indonesia, ...