The great hammerhead sharks’ role as apex predator is essential to maintaining a healthy ecosystem in the waters off eastern Australia
Acidic oceans are corroding the tooth-like scales of shark skin
Corrosion and weakening of the denticle surface could degrade the drag-reducing ridges, affecting the ability of these sharks to swim and hunt.
New shark-themed children’s book shares importance of helpfulness
Janet H. Councilman, a retiree and a previous writer of children’s books, has completed her new book, “Sammie the Shark and the Return of the Lost Gift”: a lovely fable that shares the adventures of Sammie the Shark who sees a reflective object on the seafloor that is a special gift for a person. Janet […]
SharkoFiles: Leopard Shark
Leopard sharks are adapted to live close to the bottom of the ocean, as they spend the majority of their time so close to the ocean floor.
Think of the Shark by Wallace J. Nichols
A Poem by Wallace J. Nichols. Provided by Fins Attached If you’ve been paying attention all these years you know that like a conveyor belt a shark can continuously replace lost teeth over and over again. A shark’s body is covered with dermal “teeth” that give it hydrodynamic advantages. Pores connected to nerves act as […]
No new protections for whitetip sharks despite IUCN classification
This week, the oceanic whitetip shark was reclassified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), citing “steep population declines” in all oceans. That represents two big steps toward extinction from the shark’s previous classification as “vulnerable,” which it had held since 2006. However, that wasn’t enough to convince countries that fish for […]
Researchers search for elusive oceanic whitetip pupping grounds
Once considered one of the most abundant shark species in the world, commercial fishing and the shark fin trade have decimated their numbers.
Acidic oceans may corrode shark skin
Prolonged exposure to seawater containing higher than normal concentrations of carbon dioxide could have a corrosive effect on the dermal denticles that make up a shark’s skin.
The Conversation: Shark nets are destructive
In the process of catching targeted sharks they also catch other animals including turtles, rays, dolphins, and harmless sharks and fish.
Protections fall short for open water shark species
The study, published in Global Ecology and Conservation, found that making minor changes to Australia’s marine parks could make a major difference.
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