Pelagic thresher sharks are a sight to behold, but their numbers are dwindling as a result of illegal hunting and fishing. Now, however, scientists are using acoustics to learn more about these ...

Pelagic thresher sharks, charcoal-eyed predators that patrol the world’s oceans, use their massive, scythe-like tails to slap schools of sardines, according to a new study published Wednesday in ...

How to not get eaten by a shark, explained by professional divers. Read. Pelagic thresher ...

It has for years been suspected that thresher sharks use their long, scythe-like tails to slap and stun small fish before feeding. But the pelagic sharks are elusive and extremely difficult to study.

Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) getty. Another shark researcher from the Global South is Andres Lopez, 42, is a Costa Rican marine biologist and co-founder of conservation NGO Mision ...

Thresher sharks, part of the Alopiidae family, comprise three species: the pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus), the bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliousus), ...

For decades, the pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) has been a primary target for small-scale fishing communities in Alor Archipelago of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province for ...