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Shark diving experiences you can do right now

  This post contains affiliate links. Sharkophile.com will receive compensation for any purchases made through the TripAdvisor Viator Network. Now that you’ve seen all sorts of exotic dive destinations on Discovery’s Shark Week and on NatGeo Wild’s SharkFest, do you have the desire to experience those places for yourself? Did you know you can dive […]

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Great white shark documentary wraps up in South Africa

Primary filming for the docuseries “Apex Survival | The Expedition” wrapped up this week in Cape Town South Africa. The series, which focuses on great white sharks and is being produced by Arniston Media, “will provide viewers with unexpected action and adventure, emotional drama, history, local culture and marine science — all set against a backdrop […]

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Study: Human presence causes decline in shark populations

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that sharks populations are disappearing in waters where humans are fishing. The study, conducted by Conservation International Senior Director, Global Fisheries and Aquaculture Program Jack Kittinger, Ph.D. and 36 scientists, assessed about 1,800 tropical coral reefs and found that sharks and other […]

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Threatened sharks still make up large portion of illegal shark fin trade

A recent study, published in Conservation Letters, found that several threatened shark species are still common in the fin trade after being listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The study’s lead author, Diego Cardeñosa, a Ph.D. student in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at […]

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Insights from nine years of tracking South Africa’s white sharks

A white shark attacks a seal. (Photo by Dave van Beuningen) This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. By Alison Kock, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity How big is South Africa’s white shark population? Nobody really knows: estimates range from 500 to more than 1200. This is an important question […]

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Philippines play vital role for whale sharks

A comprehensive tracking study of juvenile whale sharks show the importance of the Philippine archipelago in their migration patterns through Indo-Pacific waters. Researchers from Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Marine Megafauna Foundation and Tubbataha Management Office attached Wildlife Computers SPOT5 satellite tags to juvenile whale sharks to follow the movements in near real-time to […]

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Sharks can have bellybuttons – and other facts about their incredible diversity

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. By Georgia French, University of Sussex The first thing that pops into most people’s minds when they think of sharks is of big dumb fish with pointy teeth that are to be greatly feared. But as someone who spends their days studying these […]

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Shark research credited for expanded marine refuge

Data collected from shark-tagging efforts helped expand the borders of the Revillagigedo National Park in Mexico, according to University of California-Davis. The UNESCO World Heritage site surrounding the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a string of four volcanic islands about 300 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula, now protects over 57,000 square miles. If not for the work of researchers and alumni from […]

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Warming oceans could bring more sharks to UK waters

A new report from England’s University of Southampton found that warming ocean temperatures could lead to more species of sharks being able to survive where they were unable to before. National Oceanography Centre Southampton senior research fellow Dr. Ken Collins stated that 10 species of sharks currently found in warmer parts of the world may be […]