Brazil seized 28.7 tons of shark fins this week from the illegal killing of more than 10,000 sharks, including a species on the country’s endangered list, the government said in a news release ...

The U.S. is set to ban the buying and selling of shark fins, a lucrative ingredient prized in some cuisines but that is tied to a practice condemned by wildlife advocates as cruel and unethical.

Government officials seized about 1,400 pounds of dried shark fins, worth between $700,000 and $1 million, at a port in Miami in late January. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

Asian countries where people traditionally eat shark fins are no longer the main culprits. Spain and Portugal are top exporters, and Brazil is one of the biggest importers. Brazil was among the ...

Dried shark fins are shown in a window in China's Guangdong province in August 2014. Johannes Eisele/AFP. More than 70 million sharks are killed for their fins worldwide each year.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman was sentenced to a month in federal prison for smuggling shark fins, sea horses and sea cucumbers into the United States. Xiao Pingping, 38, pleaded guilty to ...

The dorsal fins of sunfish are taller and narrower than those of a white shark, he added. They are not considered dangerous to humans, as they have small mouths and feed on jellyfish.