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Undated photo provided by the Marine Biodiversity Hub on September 21, 2021 shows a White Shark in Australia. More than 10 percent of Australia's shark species are at risk of extinction, a government report has found. The National Environmental Science Program (NESP) marine biodiversity hub on Tuesday published the first-ever complete assessment of extinction risk for all Australian sharks, rays and ghost sharks (chimaeras). It found that Australia is home to more than a quarter of the world's cartilaginous fish species, with 182 sharks, 132 rays and 14 chimaeras calling Australian waterways home and that 12 percent, or 39 species, are facing extinction. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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