Angelsharks are now one of the rarest sharks in the world, but a recent sighting in Cardigan Bay Wales as part of the Angel Shark Project: Wales, is causing excitement. Is citizen science making a difference?
Dive tourism may alter tiger shark social behaviors
Researchers found that when food was provided, interactions between these animals became less random and more one-sided with “take it or leave” attitudes exhibited
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy offers cage diving opportunity in Guadalupe
The live aboard trip runs from October 28 through November 2 and does not require participants to be SCUBA certified to experience.
Could Britain become a place for seeing great white sharks?
Britain has around forty species of shark, including the basking, thresher, porbeagle, greenland, mako and blue sharks.
Learn about Sharks: Diving with Sharks
Matt the Shark Guy takes kids on a cage diving adventure to photograph white sharks off the coast of the Guadalupe Islands.
Increased boating activity leaves whale sharks vulnerable to injury
Almost one-fifth of the whale sharks in Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef Marine Park show major scarring or fin amputations.
Why a live shark is more valuable than its fins
With ecotourism, a country has the opportunity to benefit financially from live sharks. In 2013, 600,000 tourists observing sharks spent more than $314 million a year, supporting 10,000 jobs (Barnes, 2013). Comparatively, a dead shark is worth much less- a bowl of shark fin soup currently sells for as much as US$100. International markets have […]
Viral video shows 5-year-old swimming with great whites
A viral video involving involving popular travel bloggers, Garrett and Jessica Gee, is drawing criticism after they posted video of their five-year-old son, Manilla, cage diving with great white sharks off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The channel, The Bucket List Family, has several videos of the young children diving with different species of […]
New VR experience dives in to world of tiger sharks
A new immersive underwater virtual reality experience takes users into the world of tiger and hammerhead sharks.
Shark ecotourism an economic boon for the Philippines
The fishermen have stopped fishing and turned to tourism, feeding whale sharks tiny amounts of krill to draw them closer to shore so tourists can snorkel or dive with them.
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