A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

This shark is a lot like a torpedo! If you’re worried about sharks at the beach, you have little to fear from the shortfin mako. Shortfin makos are pelagic predators that live and feed far ...

One fatality is reported by the International Shark Attack File. Shortfin mako sharks are known for their exceptional speed, agility, and predatory prowess. They are among the fastest sharks in ...

So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

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This is a photograph of shortfin mako shark scales which each measure about 0.2 millimeters in length. The front row of scales has been manually bristled to their maximum angle of about 50 degrees ...

How fast can a shark swim? The fastest shark species is the shortfin mako shark, and it's believed that they can go at least 31 miles an hour - possibly even faster than that. In lots of different ...

New Zealand is still complicit and commercially active in the global shark fin trade, despite shark-finning being banned in ...

in Cranston, the Atlantic Shark Institute announced Tuesday morning. The plates feature an image of the endangered shortfin mako shark, and $20 from each plate sale supports the institute's work.

Empty shark-egg cases occasionally wash up on coastlines around ... This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and bigeye thresher ...