The following post is by Luiz Rocha, Associate Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences. His major research interests include evolution,…
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Category: Sharks
ZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…
So this little gem came across my Google alerts today. The cognitive dissonance between what happens (biologically) in that video, what the two intrepid heroes…
View More ZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…New Obligations and Continuing Challenges in Shark Conservation
As the sun rose this morning here in Trinidad and Tobago where I’m conducting field work, I was certain about two facts. First: Trinidadians and…
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Future Shark: Living in an Ocean on the Brink
Last week Discovery Channel successfully botched yet another Shark Week. Big surprise there. Don’t get me wrong, there were some (and by some I mean…
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No Honey, there are no sharks in Ontario Lakes
This post is authored by Andrew Lewin a Marine Ecologist, Marine Conservationist, and Oceanpreneur. He is the founder of SpeakUpForBlue.com, a website dedicated to help…
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Sea Walls: Lessons from a Paint Can
“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes…
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What ate a 3 meter long Great White? Probably a Wereshark
Recently a 2003 video went viral on the internet. The video is a story of a 3 meter Great White Shark that was tagged. That electronic…
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Dead Elasmobranchs on the Seafloor are Not as Appetizing as One Might Assume
Most fauna in the deep-sea rely upon a drizzle of particles of decaying animals and feces. This marine snow is of low food quality as…
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Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil Relatives
On 15 November 1976, a US Navy boat tracking Soviet subs in the Pacific was retrieving its sonar gear from deep water around Oahu…
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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China
Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…
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