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Fourteen Years of Surveys Map Mozambique's Leopard Sharks

September 24, 2026

Mapping the Sharks That Cross Australia's Borders

September 8, 2026

Little of Asia's Key Shark and Ray Habitat Is Protected

May 29, 2026

Bazaruto Is Both Home and Waypoint for Bull Sharks

May 14, 2026

Study Estimates Nearly 174,000 Sharks and Rays Brought Ashore at Two Senegal Sites

March 26, 2026

Killer Whales Meet Sharks and Rays in a New Global Dataset

February 4, 2026

Happy Whale Shark Day!

August 29, 2025

Monthly Update for May

May 29, 2025

Monthly Update for January

January 1, 2025

Monthly Update for December

November 30, 2024

It’s International Whale Shark Day! So how’s the world’s greatest fish doing in 2024?

September 29, 2024

MMF’s Indonesian Research shapes New IUCN Important Shark and Ray Areas

April 17, 2024

NEW STUDY: Reef sharks are at a much higher risk of extinction than previously thought

July 12, 2023

Diving in Shark Heaven: Tubbataha Reefs in the Philippines

October 21, 2022

First Study of Zebra Sharks in Africa Reveals New Hotspot in Need of Protection

July 11, 2021

Troubled Waters

May 12, 2021

End of the Line: Oceanic sharks and rays in 50-year decline

January 27, 2021

Manta rays and whale sharks now protected in Mozambique

January 7, 2021

First-of-its-kind global survey reveals sharks could be better protected in Mozambique

July 21, 2020

There’s no place like home for whale sharks in Tanzania

June 11, 2020

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