PORT OF THE ISLANDS — Everything will bounce back. There were a few more downed branches and barren, wind-swept tree tops but, on the whole, the estuary was safe. I was worried. From the time we passed the Peace River in South Florida on our trip down Interstate 75, the signs of Hurricane Irma’s destruction […]
Study finds sharks high in neurotoxins linked to Alzheimer’s
In a new study, University of Miami (UM) scientists found high concentrations of toxins linked to neurodegenerative diseases in the fins and muscles of 10 species of sharks. The research team suggests that restricting consumption of sharks can have positive health benefits for consumers and for shark conservation, since several of the sharks analyzed in […]
Monogamy could hinder long-term tiger shark populations
Tiger sharks appear to be genetically monogamous – and it could be putting the species at risk. University of Queensland research has found tiger sharks differ from many other sharks in that they don’t use multiple paternity as a reproductive strategy. UQ researcher Dr. Bonnie Holmes said multiple paternity occurred when a single litter of […]
Biologists, aerospace engineers team up to study oceanic whitetips
MIAMI– Oceanic whitetip sharks move with extreme efficiency, exploiting physics to maximize their energy surplus for both hunting and downtime. A team of scientists that included shark biologists, an aerospace engineer and statisticians spent several years developing precise calculations based on the oceanic whitetip’s average size, swimming location, water temperatures, location of prey in the […]
Research shows complex social network of sharks
Although historically seen as solitary animals, new research being presented here shows sharks may have a more complex social structure than previously thought. Using tracking devices to trace the movements of individual animals in the open ocean, researchers found that Sand Tiger sharks form complex social networks that are typically seen in mammals but rarely […]
New shark named after Alabama coaching legend Bear Bryant
A new species of ancient shark has been named in honor of Alabama football coaching legend Paul “Bear” Bryant. The species, Cretalamna bryanti, was discovered by scientists studying fossils housed in the collections of the McWane Science Center and the Alabama Museum of Natural History. The large-toothed shark lived during the Late Cretacious Period nearly 83 […]
Study shows shark species can be vegetarians
A new study presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology’s annual meeting showed that bonnethead sharks can survive on a vegetarian diet. The research by Samantha Leigh, a doctoral candidate at the University of California-Irvine, examined the stomach contents for the species and found that over 60 percent of the material in their stomachs of younger specimens was […]
VIDEO: Shark versus family of hippos
A small bull shark swims got a little too close for comfort for a family of hippos in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This footage was taken by 30-year-old tour operator, Stacey Farrell from Heritage Tours and Safaris. “During a hippo and crocodile safari on the St Lucia Estuary, we spotted […]
President Trump a HUGE fan of Shark Week, spankings
President Donald Trump has a fondness for watching Shark Week while being spanked with a magazine by aging porn stars, a report by Mother Jones claims. While Discovery Channel’s annual programming homage to the toothy apex predator has spawned a menagerie of quirky viewing habits from complex drinking games to costumed binge parties, the president’s […]
Tagged tiger shark shows lengthy migration path
Not freezing temperatures or nor’easters or Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose or Maria can stop “Andy,” a tiger shark tagged in Bermuda by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) in 2014. Travelling approximately 37,565 miles off the eastern coast of the United States and around Bermuda, the Bahamas and Turks and […]
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