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The common thresher, which could be aggressive if provoked but is only a small threat to humans, was first found by ...

The State Government has introduced new rules for shark and ray fishing aimed at protecting vulnerable species from overfishing and preventing ...

Misconceptions about these marine predators is putting shark populations—and the ocean ecosytem in general—at risk, say ...

The common thresher, which may be aggressive if provoked but is only a minor threat to humans, was initially found by ...

A Christmas Carol in Dublin. Plus more news from Ireland and around the world including an energy scheme in Offaly.

MIT engineers have discovered that the mobula ray, a type of filter-feeding aquatic ray, utilizes a unique mechanism to feed ...

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

A tourism operator in Hare Bay takes people shark fishing, but also gathers information on these apex predators for researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

More than half of all sharks and rays have disappeared since 1970, but a new study shows a clear path to preventing their numbers from dwindling even further. Research reveals that overfishing ...

A flotilla of often family-owned small ships now cruise around the Hebrides, Firth of Clyde and Northern Isles, making cruising in Scotland ...

Sharks and rays are important predators, and their decline disrupts food webs throughout the ocean", said one of the study's authors.View on euronews ...