A 91-million-year-old fossil shark newly named Cretodus houghtonorum discovered in Kansas joins a list of large dinosaur-era animals. Preserved in sediments deposited in an ancient ocean called the Western Interior Seaway ...
Archaeology
Nov 18, 2019
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New Griffith University research has revealed a 71 percent decline in tiger sharks across Queensland's coastline.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2019
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Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct detailed analysis of their migrations over years.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2019
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A team of scientists led by experts from Trinity and a US-based NGO have just returned from the Bahamas where they learned all about the secret lives of the region's tiger sharks.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2019
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Tiger sharks have a reputation for being the "garbage cans of the sea"—they'll eat just about anything, from dolphins and sea turtles to rubber tires. But before these top predators grow to their adult size of 15 feet, ...
Ecology
May 21, 2019
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One of the ocean's most feared predators – the tiger shark—has been revealed as a relaxed and sometimes lazy hunter by scientists studying their behaviour.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2019
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University of Rhode Island shark researcher Bradley Wetherbee is best known for his studies of mako sharks, the fastest swimming sharks in the world. But when it came to identifying and describing a new species of shark, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2019
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Is it to regulate their body temperature? Conserve energy? Find food?
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2019
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Conservationists on Monday slammed the baiting and killing of sharks at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot after two swimmers were attacked, saying the policy was brutal and indiscriminate.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2018
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Four large sharks have been killed in Australia after a woman and a 12-year-old girl were attacked at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2018
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