Virginia Tech researchers tagged the first mako shark in the Mediterranean, uncovering key movement data critical for ...

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.

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

Once the shark was landed, Grey marveled at its build—streamlined, muscular, with a head like a bullet. “I had never seen its like,” he wrote. “Every line of this mako showed speed and ...

This research by Virginia Tech documents the first-ever satellite tracking of a critically endangered shortfin mako shark in ...

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 ...

“A mako shark would look puny next to a megalodon,” says Sues. But the fish is still large by human standards; Sues has a set of mako jaws at home and he can easily fit his head in its mout ...