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Hammerhead shark double whammy

Identity confusion between a new, yet unnamed shark species, originally discovered off the eastern United States by Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSU-OC) researchers, and its look-alike ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hundreds of new species found in Philippines

Lobsters without shells and a small shark that bulks up with water to scare off predators are among hundreds of potential new species found in the Philippines, according to a US-led biodiversity survey.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | 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

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

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

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

Taiwan uses DNA mapping to save endangered sharks

Taiwan has begun testing DNA from shark fins sold in local markets in a bid to protect endangered species such as great whites and whale sharks, an official from the Fisheries Agency said Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shark fin soup to blame for blue shark decline

Scientists say the market for shark fin soup is the likeliest reason for the sharp drop in blue shark numbers over the last 30 years.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Chum cam' underwater video survey shows that reef sharks thrive in marine reserves

A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) inside and outside marine reserv ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New species of deep-sea catshark described from the Galapagos

Scientists conducting deep-sea research in the Galapagos have described a new species of catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi, in the March 5 issue of the journal Zootaxa. The new shark is approximately a foot ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Law that regulates shark fishery is too liberal: study

Shark fins are worth more than other parts of the shark and are often removed from the body, which gets thrown back into the sea. To curtail this wasteful practice, many countries allow the fins to be landed ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

World-first discovery of hybrid sharks off Australia's east coast

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hybrid black tip shark containing both Common and Australian black tip DNA.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Not Finding Nemo becomes a reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three Simon Fraser University biologists and an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) scientist say it’s no longer fiction but fact. No one will be able to find Nemo if conservation action ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The shark, a predator turned prey

Sharks may strike terror among swimmers at the beach but the predators are increasingly ending up as prey, served up in fish-and-chips shops, sparking concern among environmentalists.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Conservation body agrees to protect silky sharks

(AP) -- Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea alive, marine advocacy ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0