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 ...

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 ...

But unfortunately, there is data suggesting that their population is on the decline, which is why they are listed as ...

With unmistakable wide, flat heads, great hammerhead sharks can reach 20 feet in length ... NOAA Fisheries to protect them and their habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The sharks, who live off ...

And in 2014, the scalloped hammerhead became the first shark to ever receive protection from the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

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 ...

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 ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ... as well as several species of hammerhead sharks and 37 species of guitarfish. At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 ...

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 ...

Dr. Peter Klimley is a man who has held his breath and dived down 100 feet to hand-tag hammerhead sharks with a dart gun. He has even dressed up as a killer whale, complete with towering black ...

Scalloped hammerhead sharks hunt for prey in the ocean depths where water ... Further research on the hammerheads' behavior may aid conservation of the endangered species, whose hunting areas are ...

However, over half of these species (56%) are endangered. Locally, they face challenges such ... “Population Structure and Genetic Connectivity of Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in Breeding Areas ...