Sharks differ from other fish in many ways, including an apparently remarkable ability to heal from wounds, according to reports of sharks recovering from injuries sustained in the wild. While this healing ability has not ...
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Loss of habitat and human activities such as fishing and shipping pose a grave threat to wildlife but diseases driven by the smallest organisms in the ocean are a less understood side of marine conservation.
Ecology
Aug 22, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Florida and the Seattle Aquarium are exploring 100 meters underwater in the Pacific Northwest this summer to learn more about mysterious ghost sharks, one of the strangest beasts from the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2023
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A trio of marine biologists from The University of Western Australia has found that some whale sharks will slow their swimming to allow researchers to scrape collections of copepods from sensitive areas. In their study, reported ...
Shark skin and dragonfly wings are two of nanotechnology researchers' favorite things in new studies looking for solutions to maritime and medical mysteries.
Nanophysics
Jan 23, 2023
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A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding the remarkable resilience of shark wounds to infection.
Ecology
Nov 4, 2019
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Honed by 450 million years of evolution, shark skin offers a near-perfect design for gliding effortlessly through water.
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2018
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Sharks are often the subject of TV specials or news stories focusing on their attacks on humans. But scientists are finding that sharks could inspire a new type of surface that would attack bacteria, helping humans instead ...
Materials Science
Jun 13, 2018
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As sharks disappear from key locations, scientists are using environmental DNA to find a small number that may actually be hanging on.
Ecology
May 2, 2018
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"Sharks are almost perfectly evolved animals. We can learn a lot from studying them," says Emory mathematician Alessandro Veneziani.
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