Hammerhead sharks are among the most endangered species because their fins are highly prized for shark-fin soup, an Asian delicacy. They tend to move in packs and congregate in specific areas such ...

But unfortunately, there is data suggesting that their population is on the decline, which is why they are listed as critically endangered. Great hammerhead sharks in the Indian Ocean ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition today urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the great hammerhead shark under the Endangered Species Act. Today’s ...

Six small hammerhead sharks including the bonnethead were listed Cross-border trade in wild plants and animals is regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

The UK is playing a continuing role in the "damaging trade in endangered shark species", they say. One of the two threatened sharks identified - the scalloped hammerhead - is subject to ...

The new rules include stiff penalties for the inhumane treatment of sharks and rays, including the eagle rays that frequently ...

This lack of genetic diversity can be particularly problematic for endangered species. Take, for instance, Komodo dragons and hammerhead sharks. Both species are endangered and have been observed ...

Scientists have sequenced to chromosome level the genomes of great hammerhead and shortfin mako sharks, showing that their populations have declined over 250,000 years.

The suit focuses on three species of hammerhead sharks. The scalloped hammerhead and the great hammerhead are already listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for the Conservation ...