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Once depleted, shark populations around this remote reef have been rebounding since 2008, when the area was granted fully enforced “no-take” Marine Protected Area status. And with the return of these top predators, the newly published study gives us a glimpse into how predators do more than eat their prey — they change the very way ecosystems work.

The National Trust for Jersey is hosting a "shark egg hunt" on Thursday to help teach children about ray and shark species found in the island's waters.

Marine researchers often hope for surprises when tagging animals with cameras, but no one expected… well, this. Off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida, a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) unknowingly became the cinematographer for a rare appearance by a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) — possibly the first time one has ever been documented on video in South Florida waters from another shark’s perspective.

These critically endangered members of the shark family are now the focus of one of the largest citizen-science projects in British waters, relying on hundreds of sea anglers who campaigned for a legally mandated marine protected area (MPA) off Oban and Mull specifically to protect the flapper skate, also known as the common skate.

Scientists have recorded New Zealand’s rig sharks making noises in the world’s first documented case of active sound production by any shark species.

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa.

"This footage reveals two developing embryos of what might just be the cutest shark around,” says Biopixel Oceans Foundation. It’s "a rare look inside the egg of an Indo-Pacific leopard shark (Stegostoma tigrinum).”

For years, local fishers in the Pacific waters of Colombia had been catching rays that didn’t quite match the known local species, but without formal classification, these specimens remained unidentified. Now, a newly described species, Hypanus rubioi, joins the list!

The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, the shortfin Mako is being outpaced by the online trafficking of endangered species—a practice that has contributed to dwindling their numbers to dangerously low levels.

Great white sharks are washing up dead on beaches around North America with enlarged brains – but no-one yet knows why. Scientists in Canada and the US have been left scratching their heads at what is causing the inflammation.