NEWCASTLE (AUSTRALIA)- Yes summer’s here, but a refreshing swim in the ocean is out of the question. For the fourth day in a row the beaches off the Newcastle coast, New South Wales, are closed. Continued sightings of a five-metre great white shark just offshore keep the beachgoers out of the water.Continue Reading
BROULEE BEACH (AUSTRALIA)- The stranded whale on Broulee Beach was worldwide news. More viral went the video shot by one of the bystanders on the rocks who put a camera on his fishing rod and filmed a tiger shark feasting on the sick whale which stranded on the rocks. The manContinue Reading
CHESTER (UK)- Never before has the birth of a thresher shark been recorded. Researchers now published a remarkable photograph of the live birth of a thresher shark, one of the most elusive of the pelagic sharks. The image was taken during a research dive in 2013 and now published in the journalContinue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (USA)- Brownbanded bamboo sharks take the term “resourceful” to a whole new level. Steinhart Aquarium biologists at the California Academy of Sciences were taken aback when a shark egg case dropped by an adult bamboo shark showed signs of healthy development. The scientists had good reason for surprise:Continue Reading
DUNSBOROUGH (AUSTRALIA)- A group of kids off an Australian beach got the scare of their lifetime. Just meters away the ocean surface broke with the dorsal fin of a great white. A shark net prevented a real encounter between the shark and the children. According to WA Today it wasContinue Reading
ABACO ISLAND (BAHAMAS)- A 34-year-old American tourist from Texas was attacked by a shark while swimming off Tahiti Beach on Abaco Island in the Bahamas. The woman was swimming together with her husband while on their annual holiday, and were in no more than 8 feet of water when sheContinue Reading
BROULEE BEACH (AUSTRALIA)- Broulee Beach off Sydney’s south coast has been shut after a beached whale attracted sharks to the area. The juvenile humpback whale had an injured fin and was stranded on the rock. Over a hundred beachgoers gathered to watch, while lifesavers tried to free the whale. AContinue Reading