400-year-old Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate

It beats the record of a bowhead whale that was thought to be the oldest at 211 years old

Could climate change be behind fewer shark attacks worldwide?

US shark expert flags theory after study records dip in global shark attacks in 2018

Fake medicine from the sea

That terrestrial species like the rhino and tiger are targeted for use in Traditional Chinese Medicine is well known. What is not is that this …

A clean retreat

CITES CoP 2019: 18 endangered sharks and rays afforded protection

Mako sharks, giant guitarfish and wedgefish are among those which have now been included in Appendix II of CITES, enabling sustainable trade in them

Madagascar emerges as hotspot for endangered whale sharks

85 juvenile sharks visited various spots of the island nation’s coast in a single season, says study

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 17 - June 23)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Predators help to protect Earth’s blue carbon stocks, says study

Keeping population of larger fish intact is critical to carbon accumulation and long-term storage in vegetated coastal habitats such as …

Spanish longliner detained in São Tomé for hunting sharks

Inspections revealed that fish holds of the liner contained blue sharks classified as “near-threatened” by the International Union …

India needs a national action plan soon to conserve sharks: scientists

The country has been witnessing a steady decline in shark catch since 1998

Steep decline in predatory fish population in past 40 years, says study

Humans reduced the biomass of predatory by two-third in just one century; decline hastened in the 1970s