Summer of sharks in New South Wales?
NEWCASTLE (AUSTRALIA)- The coastline of Australia’s New South Wales is living its ‘summer of sharks’ with the beaches of Newcastle being closed for the seventh day in a row after sharks continue to be close to the shore. A big great white shark of at least 5 meters keeps patrollingContinue Reading
Attacked by a wobbegong?
MOLLYMOOK (AUSTRALIA)- A 17-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while spearfishing off Bannisters Point at Mollymook in southeast Australia. The culprit was unsuspected: a wobbegong shark. The shark was lying on the ocean floor. Locals believe it was most likely a wobbegong, a name given to 12 species ofContinue Reading
Investigation after harassing great white
PORT AUGUSTA (AUSTRALIA)- A group of fishermen is being investigated after being caught on camera baiting a great white. It’s also claimed they were harassing the shark. The group of men is seen in this video cheering and laughing while baiting the shark. Great white sharks are a protected species andContinue Reading
Newcastle beaches stay closed, sharks close to shore
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
Shark feasting on whale caught on video
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
Image of thresher shark giving birth
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
Female shark keeps sperm for 4 years
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