Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. United States officials said they recently helped Peruvian authorities bust one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in ...

Washington, DC—As Shark Week kicks off July 28, restaurants across the nation are contributing to the rapid decline in shark species by serving up soup made from shark fins, despite bans in 12 states ...

NINGALOO REEF, Western Australia — Newly obtained footage has given researchers an unprecedented point-of-view look into whale sharks’ feeding habits, helping them identify 36 distinct behavioral ...

Watch out, Jaws — your days are numbered. Money-hungry fishermen and sellers are ignoring international regulations in favor of big profits in the illegal sale of shark fins — and new research led by ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors seized approximately 50,000 dried shark fins at multiple ports nationwide in October 2025, officials announced Monday. Authorities discovered more than 1,600 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services recently seized about 50,000 dried shark fins across several U.S. ports, including in Cincinnati.

Despite more than a decade of international efforts to curb the trade of threatened shark species, new research led by FIU marine biologist Diego Cardeñosa and Demian Chapman, director of the Shark ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator The idea that a shark’s dorsal fin might be more than just a stabilizer may ...

Washington, DC—Today on Earth Day, Representatives Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (I-MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) reintroduced the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act. The bill, which is endorsed by the ...

In disturbing photos from the Florida Keys and beach on Singer Island, sharks fins, often sold on the black market, lay lifeless and defenseless. The fins in the Keys were discovered by state and ...