Systematic use of electronic devices designed to repel sharks could prevent more than 1,000 people from being bitten by the apex predators in Australian waters over the next five decades, researchers said Wednesday.
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An unusual, fossilized shark specimen found in northern Mexico shares characteristics with the manta rays it predates by 30 million years.
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A new study reports that the great white shark is migrating to new waters off the coast of California because of changing ocean temperatures.
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Scientists have known for decades that individual shark species are declining, but a new study drawing on 57 global datasets underscores just how dramatically worldwide populations have collapsed in the past half century.
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The megalodon’s legendary big teeth — for which it’s named — likely came as a result of its gargantuan size rather than its changing dietary preferences as previously believed.
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Ocean surface temperatures reached a new high in 2020, portending dangerous consequences as scientists urge officials to implement environmental protections and push for clean energy.
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Conservationists say nets meant for sharks wind up trapping any large animal that swims too close to shore, making no distinction between sharks, dolphins, dugongs, sea turtles and whales.
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New research released Sunday suggests Megalodon shark pups were born larger than most human adults, about 6.6 feet long, and feasted on unhatched embryos to reach such a large size.
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Some creatures are so big they capture the public imagination. T-Rex. Triceratops. Titanosaur. And the megalodon, an iconic megatooth shark that dominated the oceans for millions of years.
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Malta says it will seek to retrieve a shark tooth that was presented to Britain’s Prince George by veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who found the fossil during a holiday on the Mediterranean island in the 1960s.
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Marine biologists revealed Tuesday that female whale sharks grow slower than males, but in the long run become significantly larger because males plateau once they reach adulthood.
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Authorities will investigate whether a dead tiger shark caught in a net off an Australian beach killed a surfer, an official said Wednesday.
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An unprecedented global survey has revealed a shocking decline in the number of reef sharks, with the predators “functionally extinct” on nearly 20% of sites studied.
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(CN) — Scientists have been studying the movement of tiger sharks, the fourth largest species of shark, in the Gulf
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Scientists have finally been able to determine the age of whale sharks, all due to atomic bomb testing conducted during the Cold War, in new research released Sunday.
Read moreThe Conservation Council for Hawai’i accuses Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in a federal complaint of having violated the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by failing to protect oceanic whitetip sharks from overfishing and ensure the rebuilding of the population, as mandated.
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An international team of marine scientists has discovered not just one but two new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawshark in the West Indian Ocean.
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A wildlife organization announced an unprecedented move in asking Mexico’s government to enforce an injunction to prevent the widespread killing of three species of hammerhead sharks.
Read moreSharks appear to be getting an image makeover as countries move to restrict trade in several species of the oceans’ top predator in a push to extend more protections to marine species.
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Greenpeace is warning about overfishing of endangered sharks in the North Atlantic, often by Spanish and Portuguese boats.
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