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Record-breaking 63,300 pounds of illegal shark fins seized in Brazil
By Kiley Price published
Brazilian officials confiscated over 63,000 pounds (28,500 kilograms) of shark fins that were destined for Asian markets, according to reports.

Do fish get thirsty?
By Kiley Price published
How much water a fish drinks depends on the saltiness of its surroundings.

Watch 1st-ever footage of whale shark eating from the bottom of the ocean
By Ethan Freedman published
The world's biggest shark species usually filter feeds, passively gathering krill and other plankton while swimming through the water. But new footage shows something entirely different.

Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups trawled up from Taiwan waters
By Sascha Pare published
Fishers who caught the deep-sea shark originally planned on selling it to a restaurant, but the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum obtained the specimen and plans on displaying it.

Gigantic, 9.4-foot-long catfish is the largest ever caught
By Sascha Pare published
An angler caught the gigantic wels catfish in the murky waters of the River Po, in Italy, where the previous world record for the largest catfish was set just 2 months ago.

Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirms
By Ethan Freedman published
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.

Why are cave-dwelling eels growing skin over their left eyes? It may be evolution in action.
By Sascha Pare published
These "greedy" eels likely retreated into the gloomy depths of underwater caves in search of tasty crustaceans and are adapting to the darkness by going blind, one eye at a time.

Watch a great white shark devour a seal off the coast of Cape Cod, shocking nearby whale watchers
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A video that captures a shark attacking a gray seal is going viral and marks the first great white shark sighting of the season in Cape Cod.
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