Reaching speeds of 50kph, the mako is the fastest shark in the sea. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

Anglers aboard a San Diego sportfishing boat watched in awe this week as a mako shark attacked a hooked bluefin tuna as it was being gaffed. The tuna had been reeled to the Tribute’s rail and ...

So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

We embrace how awesome they are. 700-pound-plus Mako getting just a little sample." This article originally appeared on For The Win: Mako shark attacks tuna at boat but 'taxman' denied; video ...

A 255-pound mako shark that is nearly 7-feet long has spent the past week off the North Carolina coast, prowling along the Outer Banks. Makos are defined as apex predators and can get up to 1,000 ...

The culprit? Either a great white shark or, though less likely, a shortfin mako. If confirmed, this would represent the first recorded case of shark-on-shark violence with species of this size.

For the first time ever, researchers have found evidence of a top-of-the-food chain shark being killed by a predator, according to a study published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers ...

One fatality is reported by the International Shark Attack File. Shortfin mako sharks are known for their exceptional speed, agility, and predatory prowess. They are among the fastest sharks in ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

Now, the researchers said they may have identified two suspects — a great white shark and shortfin mako shark—in this scientific murder mystery, changing the way researchers think about how large ...

This is a photograph of shortfin mako shark scales which each measure about 0.2 millimeters in length. The front row of scales has been manually bristled to their maximum angle of about 50 degrees ...