Over one-third of all shark and ray species are at risk of extinction. Despite existing protections, populations of whale sharks, manta rays, and oceanic whitetip sharks continue to decline — driven by overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss, and unregulated trade. This November, world leaders will meet at CITES 2025 to decide whether to move these species to Appendix I, the highest level of protection, which would ban international commercial trade and give these ocean giants a fighting chance to re

A 400-Year-Old Guardian of the Deep ❄️🦈 In the icy waters of the Arctic, scientists have discovered a Greenland shark believed to be nearly 400 years old — making her one of the oldest known living vertebrates on Earth. These ancient sharks grow at an incredibly slow pace, adding only about a centimeter each year, and drift through the deep in near silence. This particular female is thought to have been born in the early 1600s, long before electricity, airplanes, or modern nations as we know th

There were wild scenes off Snapper Rocks this afternoon, with dozens of sharks spotted in a feeding frenzy. #9News | 9 News Gold Coast