sharks

New reporting highlights how demand from Asian markets is transforming wildlife trade across Africa, with species ranging from donkeys to sharks increasingly targeted for export. Donkeys are in demand for products such as ejiao, a traditional Chinese gelatin, while sharks are sought for fins and other goods. Conservationists warn the trade is putting pressure on African wildlife populations and rural communities that rely on them.

Chinese automaker BYD is investigating a reported cybersecurity vulnerability in its Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute while defending its data-handling practices in Australia. The probe touches on sensitive questions around connected vehicles and foreign-made technology, as BYD works to reassure Australian customers and regulators that data collected by its vehicles is adequately safeguarded.

Footage circulating online shows what residents say is a shark swimming along a flooded street in New Jersey during a storm. The sighting has drawn widespread attention as dramatic weather flooding brought coastal wildlife into residential areas, with viewers debating whether the animal is real and how it ended up so far inland.

Japanese companies are working to promote parts of sharks other than the prized fins for food and other uses. Shark fins have long been the best-known shark product among food lovers, but businesses in Japan now hope to develop demand for the rest of the animal, a move with implications for fishing practices and how fully caught sharks are used.

A dogfish shark was seen swimming through floodwaters in Surf City, New Jersey, as a powerful nor'easter battered the coast. Video of the shark gliding through the submerged streets spread quickly, drawing amazed and amused reactions. The scene highlighted how severe coastal flooding from the storm pushed ocean wildlife into normally dry neighborhoods.