MIAMI (USA)– Marine scientists from the University of Miami encountered an unexpected guest in the warm waters off the Florida Keys: a great white. The RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, was doing a routine sampling of shark population on the water just east of Islamorada when they hooked a 10-11-footContinue Reading
LONG BEACH (USA)- This summer the secret underwater lives of sharks will be revealed by a new underwater robot. Biologist Chris Lowe from California State University Long Beach and engineer Chris Clark from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California have been developing a shark-tracking robot for the past three yearsContinue Reading
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- The diving behaviour of sharks could be influenced by the moon, water temperature and time of day, new research by the University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute and the Australian Institute of Marine Science has revealed. Grey reef sharks Scientists of the two institutes studied about 40 greyContinue Reading
MIAMI (USA)- Great whites are lone predators but when their is a dead whale floating around they are much more social than thought to be. Experts studied social behaviour of white sharks around a dead whale in the cold waters of South Africa. The study is titled, White sharks (CarcharodonContinue Reading
GILBERT ISLANDS (KIRIBATI)- Overfishing is not just a sign of modern times. Hundreds of years ago species vanished by overfishing. That is the important conclusion of a study of ancient Pacific weaponry. In Kiribati at least two shark species. A collection of vicious weapons made of shark teeth reveals thatContinue Reading
EAST LANSING (USA) – Scientists at Michigan State University have confirmed the discovery of the world’s first-ever two-headed bull shark. It has two heads, two hearts and two stomachs, and is joined at the back to form a single tail. The shark was found in the uterus of an adult bull sharkContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE (USA)- The first great white in the waters off the southern state of Florida was caught and tagged by Ocearch researchers. She weighs 2,000lbs, is 14ft 6in long and her Florida guardians have called her Lydia. The great white shark with the unassuming name was hauled on deck for 15Continue Reading