Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Nearly two-thirds of coral reef shark and ray species worldwide are ...

Many different species of rays for sale at a market in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. (Samantha Sherman/Simon Fraser University) (CN) — Of the 1,199 species of rays and sharks on the planet, Samantha ...

According to Australian and Canadian scientists, led by the Australian Institute of Science (AIMS), removal of sharks from the temperamental ecosystems causes what’s known as a “cascade effect.” When ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new study published Friday explains overfishing is driving reef sharks toward extinction. Scientists of Global FinPrint, a five-year international study, found the five main shark ...

Researchers in the Dominican Republic are using video to survey sharks and rays (elasmobranchs), which play a vital role in the health of coral reefs. In 2023, over 90% of the corals in reefs ...

Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly declined worldwide due to fishing operations, legal and illegal. The real impact of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. More than half of known species of coral reef sharks and rays are already threatened with extinction, mostly because of overfishing, according to ...

A Grey reef shark swins in an aquarium at the National Center of the Sea in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France - Copyright AFP/File PHILIPPE HUGUEN A Grey reef shark ...

Five of the most common shark species living in coral reefs have declined 60% to 73%, according to a massive global study by Colin Simpfendorfer and colleagues. Some individual shark species were not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With such diversity, it’s no surprise that sharks serve many ecological functions. For example, the largest individuals of some ...

A massive global study of the world's reefs has found sharks are 'functionally extinct' on nearly one in five of the reefs surveyed. A massive global study of the world's reefs has found sharks are ...