The situation is so unique that the area has earned a fitting nickname: Sharkansas. Paleontologists have long wondered how ...

Peruvian authorities have seized a shipment of 10,000 shark fins bound for China. The fins came from threatened blue sharks, pelagic thresher sharks, and common thresher sharks, having been smuggled ...

A 14-foot-long thresher shark died Tuesday after becoming stranded in shallow water off the coast of Massachusetts. The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), a nonprofit organization that ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...

STONINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Two fishermen had the catch of a lifetime when they found a 700-pound thresher shark off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. Heading out during the last week of July, Ed ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --A pair of Connecticut anglers may have broken a state record when they reeled in a 16-foot thresher shark they estimated to weigh about 700 pounds. Ed Lovely and Moe Giovanni said they ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...