The Jaws poster is one of the most iconic pieces of art in movie history. It communicates so much with a single-word title and just two characters: an unsuspecting swimmer on the surface and the ...

Like the intrepid fishermen in “Jaws,” these anglers in Whitianga, New Zealand are definitely going to need a bigger boat. No doubt attracted by their bait, a giant mako leaped into the air and landed ...

Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving ...

George Schelling's painting "Frenzy" portrays the power of a mako shark hitting a bluefin tuna. From the collection of David Gutschmit. The mako prowls its shadowy underworld with an arrogant ...

NOAA Fisheries implemented regulations consistent with new ICCAT requirements adopted in 2021, based on the 2017 stock assessment. In the U.S, fishermen may not land or retain Atlantic shortfin mako ...