FORT LAUDERDALE (USA). – A new study by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Save Our Seas Shark Research Centre and Cornell University published in final form today in the journal BMC Genomics now undertakes the first large-scale exploration of the great white shark’s genetic repertoire, and comes up with unexpectedContinue Reading
MONTPELLIER (FRANCE)- Sharks that are no longer than 30cm in length and with a hook-like dorsal fin? These mini-sharks, that lived in an ocean, covering what today is Southern France, lived longer than was thought before. The falcatid shark, one of the three Cladodontomorph shark species was supposed to haveContinue Reading
RALEIGH (USA)- Amy Lee, a 3,500-pound great white shark has returned to the Carolina coastline. A ping from a satellite tag on the 16-foot-long shark showed she was just off the coast in Murrells Inlet last Friday morning. Since being tagged last September, researchers from Ocearch say Mary Lee has traveledContinue Reading
PIEDRAS BLANCAS (USA)- Friends of the Elephant Seal have recently teamed up with researchers from Hopkins Marine Station to deploy a buoy off Piedras Blancas. According to The Cambrian is tracks tagged white sharks near the elephant seal rookery about 12 miles north of Cambria. The buoy, deployed on Saturday,Continue Reading
TORONTO (CANADA)- Reefs worldwide are under pressure. Not only because of global warming and pollution. Shark fishing is another important factor in the decline of coral reefs, according to a joint study of Canadian and Australian scientists. Where shark numbers are reduced due to commercial fishing, there is also aContinue Reading
HONOLULU (HAWAII)- Traditionally they say in Hawaii that in the fall it is more dangerous to swim in the ocean. Chances are bigger of getting bitten by a shark. A recent study shows that there could be something behind this folk wisdom. In the fall, an increased number of tigerContinue Reading
JAKARTA (INDONESIA)- A new species of ‘walking shark’ has been discovered in the waters around the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It has been described in the journal Aqua and given the name epaulette (long-tailed carpet) shark, or Hemiscyllium halmahera. It was actually photographed for the first time in 2008. Two other specimens were caught by scientistsContinue Reading