News tagged with white shark

Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific

The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Plesiosaur a victim of shark attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- An 85 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found with over 80 shark's teeth, suggesting the animal was the victim of sharks in a feeding frenzy. The find is perhaps the most spectacular example of ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 weblog

A misplaced dinosaur tooth may have been cannibalism

(PhysOrg.com) -- You don't have to be a paleontologist to suppose that way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth chances were good meat eaters would dined on one of their own. Short of a time-machine trip back ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

3 more great white sharks tagged off Mass. coast

(AP) -- A total of five great white sharks have now been electronically tagged off Cape Cod, allowing experts to track their movements and learn more about their migratory habits.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass.

(AP) -- Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Greenland shark may become new source of biofuel

The Greenland shark, one of the largest species of sharks, is a nuisance to fishermen and its meat is toxic to humans, but researchers now hope the flesh can be used to create a biofuel for Inuits.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa

Predation is one of the most fundamental and fascinating interactions in nature, and sharks are some of the fiercest predators on Earth. However, their hunting pattern is difficult to study because it is rarely ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Great white sharks hunt just like Hannibal Lecter

(AP) -- Great white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales

(AP) -- Authorities on Sunday began the grim task of removing the carcasses of 55 whales that beached themselves and had to be shot despite the frantic rescue efforts of hundreds of volunteers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach

(AP) -- The carcass of a rare blue whale washed ashore in southern New Zealand after it apparently died of old age, a marine expert said Thursday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 28, 2009 | 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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