Underwater footage reveals sharks' flexible feeding skills
Underwater cameras have revealed the impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when feeding.
Underwater cameras have revealed the impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when feeding.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2022
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Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade.
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2022
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Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species have postponed until Friday a vote on whether to approve a proposal to protect sharks, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and often cruel shark fin ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2022
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A global wildlife summit in Panama took an important step Thursday towards upgrading protection for sharks, the ancient ocean vertebrates targeted for their fins used in a status-symbol soup.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2022
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The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, starting Monday, that will also focus on the spread of diseases such as COVID-19.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2022
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Shark fins and meat from hammerhead sharks pose a health risk to consumers—especially women of childbearing age—and should not be sold because of their dangerously high levels of toxic mercury, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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More than 70 percent of species that end up in the global shark fin trade are at risk of extinction—and sharks living closer to our coastlines might be of greatest conservation concern, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2022
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A pair of Orca (Killer Whales) that have been terrorizing and killing Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017 has managed to drive large numbers of the sharks from their natural aggregation site.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2022
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Pet owners may unknowingly be feeding their pets with meat from endangered shark species, shows a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science. The researchers used DNA barcoding to investigate the occurrence of shark ...
Ecology
Mar 4, 2022
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Thousands of shark fins were confiscated by Colombian authorities before they could be illegally shipped to Hong Kong, officials said.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2021
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