Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in ...

Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut ...

Governments agreed to ban or restrict international trade in shark meat, fins and other products for more than 70 species ...

Sharks have long been seen as creatures to fear. However, with 150 species of sharks being considered threatened or ...

A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline.

More than 70 shark and ray species have been given new international trade protections after concerns over their populations rapidly disappearing.

The measures, approved Friday at the convention bans the trade in oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays as well as whale sharks.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has enacted sweeping new trade protections for sharks and ...

The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark but rejected a proposal to protect more species of eel ...