The deployment of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuries. With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia —…
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Whale Shark with dorsal fin damage. Credit: Marine Conservation Society Seychelles A new study has for the first time explored the extraordinary rate at which…
Otodus megalodon preying upon the whale Cethoterium. Credit: Hugo Salais, Metazoa Studio A pioneering study by University of Bristol researchers finds that the evolution of…
In warmer waters, shark embryos grew faster and used their yolk sac quicker, which is their only source of food as they develop in the…
A new study shows that the body size of the iconic gigantic Megalodon or megatooth shark, about 50 feet (15 meters) in length, is indeed…
A new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that…
Climate change is changing already extreme nursery environments for baby blacktip reef sharks. Credit: Tom Vierus, www.tomvierus.com Scientists can now explain how baby reef sharks…
This is AIMS researcher Mark Meekan swimming with a whale shark. Credit: Wayne Osborn The radioactive legacy of the arms race reveals true age of…
Great White Shark People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for decades — the military even issued a chemical shark repellent called “Shark…
KAUST researchers study whale shark movement patterns near the Shib Habil reef (Arabic for “Rope Reef”), a known whale shark hotspot in the Red Sea…
No evidence of infection found in the bacterial community around shark wounds. A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding…
Tracking the world’s second-largest shark species has revealed that it moves to different depths depending on the time of year. Basking sharks spend most of…