Authorities are working to combat wildlife trafficking across the world, and officials in Mexico have made a "historic bust." ...

A silky shark named Genie traveled from the Galapagos Islands out to the open ocean and back – over 17,000 miles – over the course of a year and a half. That's an average of 31 miles per day ...

An adult male silky shark was spotted with a huge chunk of its fin missing. A year later, it had almost completely regrown. Here's the amazing story behind the discovery.

Silky sharks are a shark that lives throughout many parts of the ocean, most commonly seen along continental shelves. They sharks hunt tuna, squid, porcupine fish, crabs, and more.

It all started in the summer of 2022, when my team and I tagged silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) as part of my Ph.D. research. Silky sharks are commonly found in the open ocean and grow to ...

Researchers reviewed the footage and counted between 250 and 300 sharks, mostly silky sharks but a “few” hammerhead sharks as well. The animals ranged in size from about 2.5 feet to about 10 ...

Hundreds of sharks gathered off the coast of Brazil, attracting the attention of divers and scientists. A video shows the mass of ocean predators mysteriously circling. Free divers plunged into ...

About 130 feet underwater, the divers found the silky sharks circling. Most of the predators stayed at a distance while a few swam relatively close to the divers, the video shows.

Hundreds of sharks gathered off the coast of Brazil, attracting the attention of divers and scientists. A video shows the mass of ocean predators mysteriously circling. Free divers plunged into ...

Researchers reviewed the footage and counted between 250 and 300 sharks, mostly silky sharks but a “few” hammerhead sharks as well. The animals ranged in size from about 2.5 feet to about 10 ...

Hundreds of sharks gathered off the coast of Brazil, attracting the attention of divers and scientists. A video shows the mass of ocean predators mysteriously circling. Free divers plunged into ...