But one thing is for sure; this shark was built for speed. Like dimples on a golf ball, this shark has specially textured skin that helps ... To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain ...

A shortfin mako shark was spotted for the first time in the urban waters of Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach in late March. The Pinnacle Gazette reported that footage was captured by Andrew Macau, a ...

Parasitic copepods cling to the fin of a shortfin mako. They feed on different parts of the shark’s body, eating everything from mucus and blood to upper layers of skin. Donilon accepts the loss ...

More amazingly still, neither the octopus nor the shark appeared worse for the wear. A video recently surfaced of scientists who were looking to film a shortfin mako shark feeding frenzy off the ...

A shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the ocean. Image courtesy of David Serradell Zamora. More than a third of shark species globally face the threat of extinction. In the Western Indian ...