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Despite how terrifying sharks might seem, the creatures are critical to the survival of the world's oceans. Oceans generate 50% of the oxygen on the planet and absorb 90% of excess heat created by global warming. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy spoke with conservationists in the Bahamas.
A global shark census found in 2018 that the population of five main reef shark species, which are key to balancing the ecosystem of coral reefs, had declined 63%. Ben Tracy takes a look at a group working to protect these necessary predators.
CBS News climate producer Chris Spinder got into the water as sharks circled below. In this producer's notebook, he shares what he learned after a minor, but bloody, injury.
More than 100 nations, including the United States, have agreed to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.
Despite not living with a male companion in her tank for eight years, Charlotte the stingray ended up pregnant. But how?
A longtime wildlife photographer has "seen some sharks doing some really wild things" – but nothing prepared him for capturing what's believed to be the first images of a live newborn great white shark.
The boy was bitten while participating in an expedition in a shark tank at a local resort, officials said.
A 10-year-old boy from Maryland was airlifted back to the U.S. Thursday after he was bitten on the leg by a shark at a resort in the Bahamas earlier this week.
Breton, a more than 13-foot-long great white shark, previously went viral for seemingly traveling along a path that resembles the outline of a shark.
A local man surfing off Maui's north shore has died after injuries sustained in an encounter with a shark, authorities say.
The 39-year-old man encountered the shark in Maui's Paia Bay Saturday morning and was rushed to shore by Ocean Safety officers.
A teenage boy's body was pulled from the water after reports of a shark attack, South Australia Police said.
The 21-year-old woman, who has not been identified, suffered a "significant laceration to her leg," officials said.
An American woman died on Monday after a shark bit her near a popular tourist spot in the Bahamas. This comes after several other shark incidents in the region in recent months. CBS News' Errol Barnett reports.
A 32-year-old Australian woman was in stable condition after a shark attack at the beach near Port Noarlunga Jetty.
Researchers filmed a 30-foot whale shark luring a school of anchovies into its meter-wide mouth off the coast of Oahu.
One man said it was a great white shark. Another said he "saw him in the wave and the shark had his body in his mouth -- it was pretty gruesome."
The new species of ancient "scraper tooth" shark found in Kentucky has been named after a guide who provided "outstanding field support" for paleontological inventory.
"It kind of looked at both of us ... got its equilibrium back and then swam off back to where it is supposed to be," Deb Dauphinais said.
Both swimmers had non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The video of the sharks received millions of views on TikTok, raising questions about this behavior and how common it is.
New York City's Rockaway Beach was closed to swimmers and surfers Tuesday after a woman was bitten in the leg by a shark Monday while swimming close to shore. She remains in serious condition. CBS News New York reporter John Dias has more.
She was bitten on a leg as fellow beachgoers looked on in disbelief.
Cape Cod is experiencing a "white shark abundance," according to a new report from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, UMass Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. It's the first time that's happened in the North Atlantic. The study also says more than 300 different types of sharks have been tracked across the area. Dr. Greg Skomal, senior fisheries biologist at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the findings.
U.S. ally Qatar condemns Israel for strikes targeting Hamas leaders in its capital city Doha, calling them "a blatant violation of all international laws and norms."
President Trump ordered the FDA to enforce rules on direct-to-consumer drug ads, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report on the administration's approach to healthy outcomes for children and families.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether President Trump can impose his most sweeping tariffs.
Democrat James Walkinshaw and Republican Stewart Whitson are facing off Tuesday in a Northern Virginia special House election to pick Rep. Gerry Connolly's successor.
President Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid funding.
The Justice Department charged the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
In August, the Pentagon offered full military funeral honors to Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, after denying her family's request for the honor in 2021.
Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said its efforts resulted in more than 600 arrests in operations targeting the Sinaloa drug cartel, which has been labeled a terrorist group.