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Great white shark documentary wraps up in South Africa

Primary filming for the docuseries “Apex Survival | The Expedition” wrapped up this week in Cape Town South Africa. The series, which focuses on great white sharks and is being produced by Arniston Media, “will provide viewers with unexpected action and adventure, emotional drama, history, local culture and marine science — all set against a backdrop […]

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Threatened sharks still make up large portion of illegal shark fin trade

A recent study, published in Conservation Letters, found that several threatened shark species are still common in the fin trade after being listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The study’s lead author, Diego Cardeñosa, a Ph.D. student in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at […]

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Philippines play vital role for whale sharks

A comprehensive tracking study of juvenile whale sharks show the importance of the Philippine archipelago in their migration patterns through Indo-Pacific waters. Researchers from Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Marine Megafauna Foundation and Tubbataha Management Office attached Wildlife Computers SPOT5 satellite tags to juvenile whale sharks to follow the movements in near real-time to […]

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Shark research credited for expanded marine refuge

Data collected from shark-tagging efforts helped expand the borders of the Revillagigedo National Park in Mexico, according to University of California-Davis. The UNESCO World Heritage site surrounding the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a string of four volcanic islands about 300 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula, now protects over 57,000 square miles. If not for the work of researchers and alumni from […]

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Warming oceans could bring more sharks to UK waters

A new report from England’s University of Southampton found that warming ocean temperatures could lead to more species of sharks being able to survive where they were unable to before. National Oceanography Centre Southampton senior research fellow Dr. Ken Collins stated that 10 species of sharks currently found in warmer parts of the world may be […]

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New study points to great white shark nursery off Long Island

A new joint study conducted by Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries and OCEARCH found a potential great white shark nursery in the New York Bight off the Atlantic coast from Cape May Inlet in New Jersey to Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. […]

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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 […]

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New York has first recorded shark attacks in seven decades

A New York beach has reopened this weekend after two children were bitten along the shores of Fire Island on Long Island’s south shore. A 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were bitten within an hour of each other on Wednesday less than five miles apart from each other at Atlantique and Sailor’s Haven beaches, respectively. They were […]

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Eugenie Clark has shark species named in her honor

The legacy of the pioneering shark researcher Eugenie Clark, known throughout the shark science community as “The Shark Lady,” will live on with the naming of a newly discovered species of shark. The new species of dogfish, named Squalus clarkae, was formally identified this month in the journal Zootaxa. The report was written by Florida Institute of […]

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