Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute recently completed their survey of sharks and rays in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon.
Motion capture study reveals swimming style of tiger sharks
A new video study revealed that tiger sharks prefer a slow and methodic pattern of swimming as opposed to taking a swift, torpedo-like approach.
Leftover DNA can detect the presence of blacktip sharks
A team of researchers led by Florida International University have found that they can track the presence of blacktip sharks by analyzing environmental DNA traces.
Shark Heroes: Jim Abernethy
The sharkophile staff is happy to announce that a new interview with a shark legend is releasing this week. Jim Abernethy: award-winning author, photographer, cinematographer, and conservationist who pioneered shark encounters without a cage, will speak to our editor in California-Nathan Perisic. From a young age, scuba diving is Abernethy’s inspiration for his life’s work […]
Study reveals true size of prehistoric megalodon sharks
The megalodon, which lived from 23 to around three million years ago, is estimated to have had a head that was over 15 feet wide and was over twice the length of a Great White.
Ocearch launches shark research expedition, Nova Scotia 2020
OCEARCH is returning to the Canadian coast in search of great white sharks for Expedition Nova Scotia 2020.
China completes plan to ban wild animal consumption
Last Friday, China’s forestry authority urged provinces across the county to prepare for the wild animal consumption ban by the end of September. The administration stresses that efforts must be made to rectify and stop artificially breeding wild animals. The Grassland Administration will introduce a supervisory mechanism to urge provinces to speed up their bans. […]
New skin-less shark species discovered
A recent study details the first-ever free-swimming shark lacking skin-related structures found off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia. Interestingly, the shark is missing an epidermis, stratum laxum, dermal denticles, and teeth. Last July, trawlers fishing at a depth of 1,640 feet (500 meters) caught a blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus. The anglers were shocked to find that […]
Whale shark sighting in Cape Cod
Recently, off the coast of Cape Cod, eight locals encountered a 25-to 30-foot whale shark! One hundred miles from the shore of Massachusets, the largest fish in the ocean swam alongside their 63-foot boat several times. Nick Koeniger tells the Boston Herald, “It was totally surreal. We didn’t know that you could even see a […]
Three research groups team-up to study the increase of great white sharks in Maine
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will team up with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). Together, the research team hopes to provide information about the recent influx of great white sharks off the coast of Maine. Maine DMR science bureau staff will place 20 […]
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