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The newly discovered species was named Genie's Dogfish (Squalus clarkae) in honour of Eugenie Clark, the pioneer in shark biology renowned for her work on shark behaviour.
Read moreAt first glance, it would appear that seabirds and invasive rats on tropical islands have little to do with coral reefs.
Read moreImagine being a cleaner shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) and doing about your business in a client's mouth - a client that in other circumstances might see you as a potential meal.
Read moreTwo beluga whales will set off from an aquarium in China to a sanctuary in Iceland billed as the first of its kind for cetaceans.
Read moreFor the first time in over 30 years, a great white shark has been observed off Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean.
Read moreUNESCO’s World Heritage committee has decided to remove Belize Barrier Reef from the list after the Government of Belize enacted legislation to cease offshore oil exploration, praising the Central American country's "visionary plan to manage the c
Read moreIt is called the 'Conrad Limbaugh Memorial Award for Scientific Diving Leadership' and it is named after an underwater naturalist and Chief Diving Officer for of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who was killed in a scuba diving accident in 196
Read moreParasites like the tapeworm alter their host’s behaviour to their own advantage.
Read moreThe National Wildlife Refuge System - within the U.S.
Read morePrevention and responses to shark bites have varied temporally and regionally, and have included shark hunts, organised shark culling, beach meshing and drumlines, beach closures, shark fences, land and aerial based shark spotting, and acoustic te
Read moreThe effort to establish the retirement community for cetaceans started two years ago when the Whale Sanctuary Project, based in the United States, announced it was looking at sites in North America where it could set-up a large seaside enclosure.
Read moreOnce in a while, a video surfaces on social media showing dying sharks or rays experiencing capture-induced births, giving birth to their squirming babies on the deck of fishing boats.
Read moreThe first of its kind in Costa Rica, the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sanctuary of Golfo Dulce is the result of a collaboration between Rainforest Trust and Misión Tiburón.
Read moreWhat do sharks do when we’re not looking?
To answer this question, Murdoch University fish biologist Lauran Brewster attached accelerometers to the fins of 24 lemon sharks in the Bimini Islands, Bahamas to find out.
Read moreScientists at the University of Exeter studying rockpool prawns (Palaemon elegant) have discovered that they exhibit different personalities, and those that are "shy" tend to fare better when competing for food.
Read moreInside the chests of dolphins and toothed whales, a maze of tiny, worm-like blood vessels called the “thoracic rete” has long baffled scientists.
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