Pelagic sharks are vulnerable to overfishing because of their low reproductive rates,
generally low growth rates, and high catch rates in tuna and billfish fisheries worldwide …

Pelagic sharks (blue shark Prionace glauca and shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus) caught by
long-line Spanish and Portuguese fleets in the NE Atlantic, were sampled at Vigo fish market …

The non-essential metal mercury (Hg) can have deleterious effects on health of organisms,
and tends to bioaccumulate with age in long-lived organisms and to biomagnify along food …

This study focuses on the dolphins populating the water between Gibraltar and Algeciras in
the south Iberian Peninsula, an area subjected to pressure due to high human activity. The …

Research on predator–prey interactions between sharks and cetaceans remain limited.
Here, we report on a video of a shortfin mako shark circling a finless porpoise with a …

Abstract The Upper Maastrichtian of Morocco has produced a remarkably diverse fauna of
mosasaurids, the most diverse known for any time or place. As apex predators …

Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, is listed as an endangered species with declining
global population. Thus, studies regarding its biology and ecology are important to …

Certain shark species are considered top predators, which bestows them with important
roles in the trophic dynamics of marine ecosystems. The present study describes the …

Sharks are the primary predator of large immature and mature sea turtles, yet the shark
species responsible for both lethal and non-lethal injuries are rarely identified. Forensic …

Large oceanic sharks represent a suitable model to investigate the influence of a host's
oceanic conditions on the structure of its helminth communities. In this study, we describe …