Sharks are found in all oceans on the globe and belong to one of the oldest animals. As a species, it has been traced back 420 million years. They thus survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
There are small sharks that are only about 20 centimeters long up to giants such as whale sharks that can grow up to 18 meters. Most are peaceful. Only four of the world’s 400 shark species are known to have attacked humans.
Every year at least 100 million sharks are killed in the shark fin fishery.
Under the theme: Sharks, we have collected all the reports we made where sharks are included.
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) slår i en ny rapport fast att om vi vill rädda hajar, rockor och havsmöss i vårt hav, måste vi få bukt med överfisket och bifångsterna.
An endangered shark species has shown signs of 'virgin birth'. Italian researchers have discovered that female dusky smooth-hound have given birth - without the involvement of a male.
Maybe an odd job even for the accomplished South African free diver Nick Filmalter, but he became an essential part of ensuring the safety of our divers during the shooting of a documentary about the Sardine Run, in South Africa. He was the guy chasing away the sharks which became more interested in the crew than the sardines!
GREENPEACE Several offspring of the endangered hammerhead shark species have been found by researchers on an expedition in the Galápagos Marine Reserve.
The play unfolds right in front of my camera - my breathing rate is high. Nick and Kimmo are with me. We spread out so as not to ruin each other's shots. Nick was supposed to be our "safety diver," but we don't have time for that now. He has to film too. When the opportunity arises, we must seize it!
South Africa has an incredibly rich diversity of sharks, representing nearly a quarter of all known species, some found nowhere else on the planet.
Indeed, we do have sharks in Sweden. Perhaps up to 17 different species! Some are, of course, very rare visitors to Swedish waters, while others live their entire lives in the same place.
Researchers in the United States have developed a transmitter that can reveal where and when sharks give birth to their offspring, according to Vetenskapsradion.
Sharks equipped with cameras are helping scientists map unknown seagrass beds in the Bahamas.
Currently, one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction in the coming decades. Ahead of the UN summit on biodiversity, there is no lack of tools to preserve a functioning ecosystem - but as it looks now, the world is going in the wrong direction.
A vessel fishing in the Skagerrak caught a very unusual catch on Monday. The fishermen had caught a shark that none of them recognized. It finally turned out to be a bluntnose sixgill shark
Sharks and rays have long been considered "silent" fish - that is, unable to produce sound. Researchers from Sweden and Australia have now shown that this is a misconception, writes SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in a press release.
Deep Sea Reporters/Tobias Dahlin's minute-long film footage of the shark massacre in Lysekil harbour basin has provoked strong reactions. Hundreds of thousands of people in Sweden and the world have seen the film, and a large number have reacted with disgust at how some fishermen treat marine animals, in this case protected sharks and rays
On the bottom of Lysekil Harbour on Sweden’s west coast lie around 60 dead and dying Spiny Dogfish and Rays. These animals are on the IUCN’s red list of endangered species
