Shark attacks were unusually low for the second year running, with 64 unprovoked bites in 2019, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. The total was roughly in line with 2018's 62 bites ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2020
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Tourism operators want aerial shark patrols to be introduced in Australia's Whitsunday Islands as they try to stem falling visitor numbers following a spate of attacks along the Great Barrier Reef.
Ecology
Oct 30, 2019
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Selfies, which have become a global sensation in the last decade or so, have remarkably killed five times more people than shark attacks.
Other
Jun 27, 2019
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Researchers on Cape Cod are launching a new study focused on the hunting and feeding habits of the region's great white sharks following last year's two attacks on humans, including the state's first fatal one in more than ...
Ecology
Jun 19, 2019
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There are sharks off Florida's coast. That's not news, but with Memorial Day weekend's traditional summer season kickoff, there are now thousands more people venturing to Florida's beaches, so that means more shark sightings.
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2019
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A plan to develop an acoustic system to chase away seals in order to prevent shark attacks is the latest front in the debate about how Cape Cod should respond in the wake of last year's shark attacks.
Ecology
May 29, 2019
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More than a decade's worth of research has revealed how politicians manipulate highly emotional incidents like shark bites to influence public sentiment and protect their own interests.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2019
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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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Sharks have always struck at the heart of people's most primal fears of the ocean. Cue: JAWS theme song. However, a new study led by LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Assistant Professor Stephen Midway shows ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2019
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An Australian university is testing new materials designed to lessen the impact of shark bites, researchers said Tuesday, in a project aimed at reducing fatalities and easing the nerves of swimmers.
Other
Jan 29, 2019
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