Fishermen on the Queen Mary party boat out of Manasquan Inlet got a surprise visit from a mako shark that stole one of their sea bass off the hook ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...