A new study published in Ecology and Evolution has evaluated the extent to which recently identified Important Shark and Ray ...

In early December 2025, the CITES Conference of the Parties, made up of representatives from 184 countries, voted to initiate or expand protection against trade for many species. The votes included ...

The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win". Signatories to the ...

A team of international researchers led by the University of Vienna investigated the development of shark and ray biodiversity over the past 100 million years. Their surprising results show a ...

An agreement to stop targeted fishing of sharks and rays in Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania, brings hope to threatened marine species in West Africa. Nouakchott, Mauritania – A landmark ...

One of the authors of the study said they identified two rare species of shark, which were last seen in 2014, by scanning ...