The effects on these sharks, normally strongly attached to particular areas of shallow reef habitats, include lower residency ...

The park released a full list of close encounter experiences offered in 2025 which includes the newest “Shark Snorkel” and ...

A specialist in capturing reef fish in coral caves and crevices. By day these placid sharks are often found in numbers lying motionless on the reef and are common sites to divers. Harassed by ...

Many blacktip reef sharks in French Polynesia are commonly fed by tourists. But the low-quality diet is changing the sharks’ behavior and physiology.

The main threat to blacktip reef sharks is human activity. Overfishing for their meat, liver oil, fins, and skin is the leading cause of decline, but general destruction of habitat – primarily c ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a tough place to live, even for a shark. Extreme tides and high temperatures leave the reef as a series of rockpools at low tide. Bigger sharks are forced into deeper ...