The great hammerhead has worldwide distribution in tropical waters. It is the largest of all hammerheads, attaining a maximum length of 20 feet. Its unique feature to other hammerheads is its nearly straight hammer-shaped head. They are apex predators, solitary and migrate long distances. In terms of growth rate, this species has a faster growth […]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species keeps growing
More than 28,000 species around the world are threatened, according to the Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The list, updated on Thursday night, has assessed the extinction risk of almost 106,000 species and found more than a quarter are in trouble. While recent headline-grabbing […]
Shark data lacking for Western Indian Ocean
Great white sharks, bull sharks, tiger sharks: All are household names, synonymous with media hype, and made infamous through films and documentaries. These “deadly” names represent just three species of sharks and, aside from the real shark nerds, few people are able to name many others. Yet, globally, there are over 1,250 species of sharks […]
The story of the USS Indianapolis, the most famous shark attack in history
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis resulted in the most famous shark attack event in history. The Indianapolis, CA-35, was a heavy cruiser (often miscalled a battleship in stories) during World War II. In July 1945, it completed a top secret mission to deliver parts of the atomic bomb known as “Little Boy” to the […]
Guy Harvey Institute tracking new whale shark in Atlantic
Researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute are learning new details of the whale sharks’ migration patterns thanks to its latest tagged shark, Lady Rio. In the ten months since it was tagged the adult female has made two round-trip journeys into the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, only to return to nearly […]
Win a free shark diving excursion from LandShark Lager
LandShark Lager is teaming up with Shark Angels to educate and provide awareness on the biggest issues facing sharks and their ecosystems today. To aid in this effort, LandShark is proud adopt 100 sharks through the global conservation activists. “We are beyond thrilled to have LandShark partner with us in order to further our mission and […]
Commercial fishing a world-wide threat to sharks
A new international study published in the journal Nature shows just how vulnerable migratory species of sharks are to commercial fishing when they swim into open water. According to the study by Flinders University, large sharks inhabiting the open ocean account for more than half of all identified shark catch globally in target fisheries or as […]
OCEARCH tracks four sharks from Nova Scotia expedition
Four of the sharks tagged during OCEARCH’s Nova Scotia Expedition in 2018 — Luna, a 15-foot female; Cabot, a 9-ft, 8-in male; Hal, a 12-ft, 6-in male, and Jane, a 10-foot female –have already returned to Shelburne and Yarmouth Counties as of this week. Their return to the Canadian province is more evidence that Canada […]
Study maps evolution of sharks through their teeth
The family of mackerel sharks, from the modern mako to the prehistoric megalodon, can be traced back to a modest common ancestor, according to a new study by the University of Vienna, Austria. The study, which was published in the recent journal Scientific Reports, looked at tooth samples from the great white and other members of […]
New satellite tracking tags tested on tiger sharks
New satellite tracking technology developed by the European Space Agency for the study of sharks are now being tested on four tiger sharks that were caught and tagged in the Dutch Caribbean. The new satellite tags, which records pressure—indicating the depth of the shark—temperature, light level and tilt to enable three-dimensional mapping, is smaller and […]
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