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The secret life of Ireland's smooth-hound sharks

They grow to over a meter in length, can weigh up to twelve kilos and each summer they swarm into the shallow waters of the Irish east coast. Despite this, the starry smooth-hound has remained Ireland's least ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NOAA designates the eastern North Pacific basking shark a 'species of concern'

NOAA's Fisheries Service has designated the eastern North Pacific basking shark, a "species of concern" because it has suffered a dramatic decline in population despite decreasing fishing pressure. The label ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whale sharks may produce many litters from one mating, paternity test shows

How do female whale sharks meet their perfect mates and go on to produce offspring? While little is known about the reproductive behavior of these ocean-roaming giants, a newly published analysis led by University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Australian, Japanese waters harbouring deep secrets: census

Australia and Japan boast some of the planet's most diverse oceans but thousands of organisms remain unknown to science and global warming is a huge marine peril, a major new census says.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First definitive guide to Borneo's sharks and rays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which island of South-East Asia has the most stingray species in the world? According to the new book 'Sharks and Rays of Borneo', the island of Borneo has 30 different stingrays: not surprising ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Extinct giant shark nursery discovered in Panama

The six-foot-long babies of the world's biggest shark species, Carcharocles megalodon, frolicked in the warm shallow waters of an ancient shark nursery in what is now Panama, report paleontologists workin ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protection for 2 shark species fails at UN meeting

(AP) -- Asian nations on Tuesday blocked U.S.-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks on concerns that regulating the booming trade in fins could hurt poor coastal ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Jaws -- 4 million BC

It might sound like a mashup of monster movies, but palaeontologists have discovered evidence of how an extinct shark attacked its prey, reconstructing a killing that took place 4 million years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sharks threatened by Asian consumers, says group

(AP) -- Surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction, a marine conservation group said Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins

A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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