Reaching speeds of 50kph, the mako is the fastest shark in the sea. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

The young mako shark traveled more than 750 miles in 54 days, even though it was likely only 1 or 2 years old. This means that protecting nursery areas might not be enough because these young ...

The newly protected species include mako sharks, wedgefishes and guitarfishes. A demand for shark fin soup is one of the driving factors in the depleting numbers of sharks in the ocean.

Taiwan’s Fisheries Research Institute (FRI), in collaboration with local and Japanese universities, presented its findings on the behavioral characteristics and thermoregulation mechanisms of the ...

The research team successfully tagged a Mako shark for the first time in the region as part of another research project. Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark ...

A 255-pound mako shark that is nearly 7-feet long has spent the past week off the North Carolina coast, prowling along the Outer Banks. Makos are defined as apex predators and can get up to 1,000 ...

A great short-finned mako shark tried to bite the camera of a shark researcher in North Carolina, and the photo is making a lot of people's hair stand on end on social media. The image ...

For today's Cook I am cooking a Mako Shark Steak! Yes, you heard correctly. In celebration of Discovery Channel Shark Week I had to cook up some shark. There was very surprising results and I hope ...

“Megalodon was quite a bit warmer than both of these modern apex predators [the great white and mako sharks], which makes megalodon unique,” said geochemist and paleoclimatologist Michael ...

This area is a shallow shelf area which keeps the young in warm water throughout the year and reduces competition from blue and mako sharks. Importance: This site could be vital for the welfare ...