The enduring mystery of mass whale strandings
On 18 July 2023, 97 pilot whales became stranded near Albany, WA.
Plants & Animals
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News tagged with cod populations
Sharks along Nantucket: A researcher has tagged 100-plus sharks there as population rebounds
While much of the shark focus is centered on great whites along Cape Cod this time of year, another shark species has been making waves in recent years off of Nantucket.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2023
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Study: 800 great white sharks have visited Cape Cod in recent years
A new population study of great white sharks off Cape Cod shows that the region is one of the largest white shark hotspots in the world, as the apex predators flock to the Cape to hunt seals.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2023
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Cod 'supergenes' reveal how they are evolving in response to overfishing
Cod "supergenes" have shed light on how they respond to overfishing, and these supergenes could make them more resilient to other environmental changes. That's according to a new study published by scientists in Norway. ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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Overfishing of Atlantic cod likely did not cause genetic changes: study
Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo—the first of its kind—with major ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2021
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Conservation success or pests? Seals spark passionate debate
Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2020
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Wary US swimmers share waves with deadly sharks off Cape Cod
At the entrance to Newcomb Hollow Beach, at the tip of the Cape Cod peninsula, the picture of a great white shark reminds swimmers that the US shores of the Atlantic must be shared with the ocean's most feared predator.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2019
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Shark researcher documents surge of great whites off Cape Cod
They increasingly hunt in the waters off Cape Cod, and sometimes humans get in their way. Last summer, scientist Greg Skomal was one of them.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2019
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Integrated approach vital for fisheries management
Evolutionary and ecological factors interact to influence the growth and size of fish, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study focuses on Northeast ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2016
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Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalized fish trade in Tudor England
New stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of the bones of stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank off the coast of southern England in 1545, has revealed that the fish in ...
Archaeology
Sep 8, 2015
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