A new species of prehistoric daggernose shark was recently discovered among a trove of prehistoric fossils found in Aiken County, South Carolina. David Cicimurri, curator of the South Carolina State Museum’s natural history collection, and James Knight, of the University of South Carolina Aiken Department of Biology and Geology, found numerous fossils in the formerly […]
Shining A Light on Lighthouse Point in the Bahamas
Disney Cruise Lines has received permission from the Government of the Bahamas to push ahead with plans for a massive cruise ship port at the heritage site in South Eleuthera called Lighthouse Point. Conservation groups are calling the plan disastrous, causing irreparable harm to the pristine environment. Last Chance for Lighthouse Point hopes to spare […]
CITES Conference results in new protection for sharks
More than a dozen new species of sharks received additional protections after the 18th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Conference of the Parties held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. “Previous successful listing of shark and ray species means there is building momentum for CITES to provide protections and inspire fisheries […]
Romeiro: Showing some love for the shortfin mako
Atlantic Shark Institute founder Joe Romeiro has been pushing for greater research and conservation when it comes to makos.
SharkoFiles: Ghost Shark
This species are formally known as chimeras and informally as the spookfish. They are a small group of cartilaginous fishes. This species of sharks have been around for over 400 million years. Although they are called ghost sharks, they are not true sharks. These species spent most their time below the sea at a depth […]
Researchers uncover secret to glowing sharks
Researchers have identified a previously unknown family of small-molecule metabolite that is responsible for the bioflourescence of deepwater sharks that allows them to see each other in the darkest of depths. David Gruber, a professor at City University of New York, and Jason Crawford, a professor at Yale University, extracted chemicals from the skin samples of […]
Chasing Legends on a Great Shark Hunt
We know legends die hard but where are they born? All legends, no matter how big they get, start with a hero and a good story. These stories start out as ordinary feats of greatness. The good stories get retold. They get embellished. They get blended with other stories, other myths. Those stories get told […]
Blue sharks reveal secret ocean buffets for large predators
A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Applied Physics Lab at the University of Washington found that sharks ride fast-moving currents to dive to depths where prey is plentiful. Using satellite tags attached to more than a dozen blue sharks off the Northeast Coast of the U.S., the researchers found that […]
Study: More people, less sharks
A new study found that are sharks are much rarer in habitats near large human populations and fish markets. A team of researchers, led by the Zoological Society of London, found that that the average body size and number of sharks and other marine predators fell significantly in proximity to cities with more than 10,000 people […]
Automated drones follow basking sharks in the UK
In a first for the research and study of basking sharks off the coast of western Scotland, SharkCam followed basking sharks to discover more about the world’s second largest species of shark. The REMUS SharkCam technology from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was used to observe the behavior of basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides […]
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