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August 5, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Guest Column: The ‘Why’s’ of shark behavior

If you truly want to protect sharks by deterring them from human infested waters, make sure you’re wearing Shark OFF’s proven shark repellent jewelry

Filed Under: Attacks, Featured, News, Products, Sponsored Tagged With: Shark OFF

July 31, 2021 by J. Scott Butherus

SharkCon returns to Tampa Aug. 7-8

This year features speakers from this year’s National Geographic’s SHARKFEST as well as scientist and personalities from Aquariums, Field Research, Shark Week, & Animal Planet.

Filed Under: Events, Featured, News, Sponsored Tagged With: Shark Week, SharkCon, sharkfest

July 30, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Study finds Central California’s white shark population small but healthy

Between 2011 and 2018, researchers were able to identify hundreds of individual adult and subadult white sharks, which are not fully mature but are old enough to prey on marine mammals.

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: white shark

July 29, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Fossil scales show shark life before humans

The study found that the number of sharks in Caribbean Panama decreased by two-thirds over the last few centuries.

Filed Under: Biology, News Tagged With: nurse shark

July 27, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Artificial insemination key to maintaining diversity in captive shark populations

The team found that freshly collected semen was effective in fertilizing eggs in 27.6% of cases; semen that had been cold-stored for 24 or 48 hours had 28.1% and 7.1% success rates, respectively.

Filed Under: News, Odd, Science Tagged With: bamboo shark, shark sex

July 26, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Hawaiian band Fine Life releases shark-themed music video, Save Our Sharks fundraiser

To celebrate release of their new music video “Spiraling Down”, Fine Life has launched its “Save our Sharks” campaign and fundraiser for the Shark Research Institute.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Events, News Tagged With: Save Our Sharks, Shark Research Institute

July 25, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Warm-blooded sharks, like white sharks, evolved for greater speed

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New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until now remained unsolved: why are some fish warm-blooded when most are not?

Filed Under: Biology, News Tagged With: white sharks

July 23, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Environmental DNA could provide new insights for tracking whale shark populations

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Scientists have developed a new way of tracking whale sharks by collecting eDNA from oceanside areas where we know that whales swim past periodically.

Filed Under: Biology, News, Odd Tagged With: whale shark

July 22, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

New population study reveals South Florida’s most prevalent shark species

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The study, which will appear in the scientific journal Ocean & Coastal Management, examined 3,398 sharks caught and released off Miami and the Florida Keys from 2009 to 2021.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bull shark

July 21, 2021 by Sharkophile Staff

Cache of mysterious ancient shark teeth uncovered in Jerusalem

The 2,900-year-old site where this was found is far from any other known place that holds such ancient artifacts and there has not been enough research done to explain how they got here.

Filed Under: News, Odd Tagged With: shark teeth

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