A team of scientists has discovered that basking sharks can jump as fast and as high out of the water as their cousin, the famously powerful and predatory great white shark. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Whale sharks roam less than previously thought and require greater protection from local and regional threats, a new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series finds. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
When you think of man's best friend, sharks, dingos and lions, don't immediately spring to mind. But new research has shown that predators - once instinctively feared by humans - have a number of important functions and play a key role in supporting our ecosystems. CHRISTOPHER O'BRYAN, EVE McDONALD-MADDEN, JAMES WATSON and NEIL CARTER investigate
As Gordon Ramsay tackles shark finning as part of Channel 4's Big Fish Fight, Nick Kettles investigates how the increasing popularity of fin soup is leading to the massacre of millions of sharks globally
