Warning sign at a Cape Cod beach. Credit: Carlos García-Quijano, CC BY-ND By Carlos G. García-Quijano, University of Rhode Island Interactions between people and animals offer insights into human culture and societies’ core values. This is especially true with respect to large predators – perhaps due to a collective memory of our evolutionary past as hunted […]
Dr. Jaws: A love letter to Carcharhinus Leucas
This guest column is brought to you by award-winning author Zachary Webb Nicholls, also known as “Dr. Jaws.” Read more from him at www.drjaws.net or pick up his latest book, The Bull Shark Compendium, here. People who dearly love sharks (Sharkophiles, if you will) may find themselves frustrated by the lack of deep coverage on sharks in popular culture; […]
The Conversation: The Meg is a horror story but our treatment of sharks is scarier
The Meg: Jaws, but considerably larger. IMDB By Vivienne Westbrook, University of Western Australia After 20 years of development hell, the film The Meg opens in Australia this week. The screenplay is based on the first of Steve Alten’s six-book, horror sci-fi series. The film has been pitched as an action-packed thriller, centring on our […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Introducing the official Sharkophile apparel store
When we officially launched this site last year, we had a batch of long-sleeve fishing shirts printed up to help spread the word about our fledgling operation. They also had the unintended consequence of being so comfortable, they got worn every where. As a Floridian who is outdoors quite a bit, they were the perfect […]
Celebrate Shark Week by becoming a Shark Angel
Approximately 73,000,000 sharks will be killed this year. Most of them just for their fins. That’s over 10,000 an hour. Some shark populations are down 90% over the last 20 years. This Shark Week, Shark Angels is working to build awareness and raise funds to protect sharks from illegal finning, irresponsible fishing, and other things that […]
Schedule for Shark Week 2018 announced
Discovery Channel announced its schedule for 30th Anniversary edition of the annual ode to the ocean’s apex predators which begins on July 22. This year will feature over 20 hours of new original programming featuring an all-star lineup of athletes and celebrities including Shaquille O’Neal, Ronda Rousey, Aaron Rodgers, Rob Gronkowski, Lindsey Vonn, Mark Cuban, Barbara […]
The Shark Files: Kidding around at SharkCon 5
The Sharkophile’s Shark Files checks out the annual convention for all things shark, SharkCon. For this episode, we turn the cameras over to the Junior Sharkophile as he makes his way through the the convention hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. His highlights of the weekend included meeting the the star of the […]
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