I am writing in response to the letter “Stop the cruel practice: no more shark fin soup ... annoyed that they are being criticised for eating it. As more people become wealthier, more ...

Parasitic copepods cling to the fin of a shortfin mako. They feed on different parts of the shark’s body, eating everything from mucus and blood to upper layers of skin. Donilon accepts the loss ...

"When you're on top of the water, and you just see the fin, I think it's ... of the 500-odd species of sharks. It is, the narrator says coldly, a "mindless eating machine" which "lives to kill".

The lionfish is a strikingly beautiful but deadly predator with elongated dorsal fin spines that can inject venom ...

It would be good for Hong Kong to ban the shark fin trade. Even though it might be harmful to local fisheries and stop people’s traditional habit of eating shark fin, it would enhance Hong Kong ...

FIU scientists have discovered two major problems after analyzing small shark fins from Hong Kong markets—small coastal ...

Case in point, that little shark fin-like structure found on the back end of the top of some cars. As it turns out, there's more to these rooftop fins than mere aesthetics. They actually serve as ...

The practice involves "cutting off a shark's fin, often while the shark is still alive, and dumping the animal back into the sea to die slowly," according to Humane Society International.

"So we strapped this fin to him and gave him an underwater ... about studying them, but then the sharks are still eating people. "So it's giving a little bit more of a rounded education and ...

It’s not just by eating the animals ... longline fishing, the popularity of shark fin soup—but it did create a cultural attitude that has had a remarkably long shelf life.

In a tank, the coral catshark will adjust very quickly to eating silver sides ... including ruby shark, red-fin shark, and ...