Environmental groups are outraged by new agreements between the Costa Rican government and the fishing industry which they say will roll back protections for endangered and threatened shark species.…
"Most of the ocean is cold and dark. Most of what is known about the ocean is in that upper 1,000 feet or so. You look at…
U.S. carrier American Airlines said Tuesday that it had stopped commercial shipments of shark fins as of March 4. The airline made the announcement via its Twitter account in…
A campaign launched Tuesday is asking people and businesses in Costa Rica to donate money to buy a speedboat for park rangers at Isla del Coco National Park to fight illegal fishing…
Costa Rica's Environment Ministry on Tuesday issued a decree suspending for six months the issuance of permits to export hammerhead shark fins following an outcry from environmentalists…
Costa Rican environmentalists and officials are at loggerheads over what to do with more than 1,200 kilograms of shark fins — the equivalent of about 2,000 hammerhead…
https://twitter.com/HeraldTribune/status/570720390449922049 Eugenie Clark, a world authority on sharks who defied society's expectations about women's roles in science and the much-feared underwater creatures she studied, died Feb. 25…
More than 20 species of sharks will now receive international protection thanks, in part, to the Costa Rican government. During a meeting for the Convention on the…
