This is known as oophagy ('egg eating') and occurs in species including the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus). Embryos of other sharks survive by ...

By diversifying local incomes, Indonesia is exploring new strategies to reduce the pressures on pelagic thresher shark populations and promote sustainable fisheries.

Whale sharks are filter-feeding sharks, meaning as they swim ... reach up to the following approximate lengths: Note for the thresher shark, more than half of its body length comes from its ...

Wildlife officials identified the animal as a thresher shark, a species considered “endangered” in Europe, the group said. “Initial assessments suggest that the shark had experienced ...