There are two species of mako shark. These are the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, and the longfin mako, Isurus paucus. The mako is one of the rare warm-blooded sharks, so they prefer tropical ...

The group was reportedly targeting kingfish when, all of a sudden, the bait was taken by a shortfin mako — the world’s fastest shark, capable of achieving speeds of up to 46 mph, Storyful ...

and the longfin mako (Isurus paucus). The longfin is named for its longer fins, while the shortfin has the record as the ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

The Atlantic shortfin mako shark will no longer be on the menu beginning July 5. That’s when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Fisheries will make the unprecedented move to ...

McConville posted a photograph of the shark, and it appears to be a mature shortfin mako, according to Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in Wakefield. Dodd reviewed the ...

A shortfin mako shark was spotted for the first time in the urban waters of Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach in late March. The Pinnacle Gazette reported that footage was captured by Andrew Macau ...

Researchers captured a video showing the orange-hued octopus clinging to the back of a large shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) as it swims. This "sharktopus" was spotted in the Hauraki Gulf ...

The endangered shortfin mako shark could soon become prevalent in Rhode Island, at least on license plates. The Atlantic Shark Institute announced Thursday that its shark license plate is ...

They are the largest octopus in the Southern Hemisphere. Even riding a huge predator like the shark, a shortfin mako, this hitchhiker occupied a lot of room. “You can see it takes a fair amount ...

That was the case when a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand noticed a 10-foot-long shortfin mako shark adorned with an unexpected passenger. “What was that orange patch on its head?