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The scientists, whose findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, monitored over a dozen blue sharks, which they tagged off the northeastern coast of the United States, for nine month.
Read moreNurse sharks are a typically inshore bottom-dwelling species.
Read moreUniversity of Exeter scientists scoured existing published studies and Twitter for shark and ray entanglements, and found reports of more than 1,000 entangled individuals.
Read moreA paper recently published in the Ecology journal relates the intriguing phenomenon involving half-digested remains of birds found in the stomachs of baby tiger sharks.
Read moreTiger sharks are considered one of the “big three” most dangerous sharks, and along with the great white and bull sharks, are believed to be responsible for the vast majority of unprovoked attacks on humans.
Read moreBut now I was living in Tahiti. I had been told that there were no sharks in the lagoon, and they were far from my mind, as I roamed one morning upon the barrier reef. The sunshine ran in golden lines across the coral and flashed upon the fish.
Read moreThe decision has come after Humane Society International (HSI) earlier this year launched a challenge to the shark control program run by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Read moreThe ban came about after a couple of non-fatal shark biting incidents were reported within a short period of time.
,The Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017 was attacked by shark fisheries advocates in a political opinion paper entitled, “A United States shark fin ban would undermine sustainable shark fisheries.” A new study, by shark ethologist Il
Read moreIf you think finding a needle in a haystack is tough, how about sifting through almost two tons of dirt and finding twenty-four shark teeth, each measuring less than a millimetre across.
Read moreLong term study of the behaviour of individual sharks has shown that they are not just acting on instinct. Not only are they thinking and highly intelligent—they are likely conscious too.
Read moreSand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) look mean but in reality, they are quite docile. As I watched, at least 12 sharks crisscrossed the Caribsea wreck; they almost seemed to be in a perfect state of Zen.
Read moreAfter eight of the 15 grey reef sharks they were tracking were killed within the Marshall Islands shark sanctuary, a team of researchers turned their attention to finding out how such things can be prevented in the future.
Read moreEach year, hundreds of great white sharks from California and Mexico journey to a far-flung stretch of the Pacific Ocean dubbed the "White Shark Cafe", situated between Mexico's Baja California and Hawaii.
Read moreDespite their peaceful demeanor and large size (they are the second largest shark species in the world), basking sharks can be as agile and powerful as their more famed counterparts, the great whites.
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