NOAA Fisheries has determined that some tope shark populations should be protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) but ...

The decision by NOAA Fisheries comes as international protections for the tope shark are slated to take effect in 2027. NOAA Fisheries has determined that two foreign populations of a midsize shark ...

Ocean acidification is no longer a distant threat—it has officially crossed a critical planetary boundary, according to a 2025 study led by the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the National ...

At least six great white sharks have been tracked in the warm waters off Florida since New Year's Eve. The sharks are tagged by the research group OCEARCH, which monitors their migration patterns.

A ping with location information is sent to OCEARCH trackers when the satellite tag attached to the shark's dorsal fin moves above the water's surface. Bella was tagged in July 2025 off Nova Scotia, ...

The extinction clock has been ticking for a shark that calls the Gulf of Mexico home. Fortunately, an agreement struck last week could at least slow the clock's movement, or just make more people ...

Two Florida shark divers convicted of theft for releasing sharks from a NOAA research line have been pardoned by President Trump. The men claimed they believed the longline was illegal and reported ...

animal that looks like a whale swimming left in the sea with blue fluid gushing out of a slit above its fin© Mark Grace/NOAA/public domain What’s finned, bioluminescent, and hiding out in the Gulf of ...