A shore-based fisherman called his 14-foot hammerhead landed in South Padre Island the “catch of multiple lifetimes.” Unfortunately for the shark, its lifetime was very short-lived. According to a Facebook post by South Texas Fishing Association, South Texas angler Poco Cedillo fought the fish for over an hour. After pulling the shark into shallow water to […]
SharkCon blends education and conservation with fin-laden fun
SharkCon wrapped up its fifth year in Tampa this weekend. Among the highlights of this year’s event, which was held at the Florida State Fairgrounds, included a Jaws-related panel featuring actor Richard Dreyfuss, who played shark biologist Matt Hooper in the seminal piece of cinema, and a Sharknado panel featuring series stars Ian Ziering, Cassie […]
Instagram model acts stupid, gets bitten by shark
Karma finally jumped up and bit an aspiring Instagram model. Katarina Zarutskie’s artificially idyllic existence got a dose of reality when an approximately five foot nurse shark clamped down on her arm as she tried to use a school of feeding sharks as props for a photoshoot for her Instagram account and its 36,000 followers. […]
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers swims with sharks for Shark Week
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers posted some of his shark-related adventures while filming an episode of this year’s Shark Week on Discovery Channel. The 30th Anniversary edition of the annual ode to the ocean’s apex predators begins on July 22. Rodger’s post appears to show him free diving alongside an oceanic whitetip. The Show, Monster […]
Majorca white shark sighting first in decades
A great white spotted off the Majorca coast might be the first in four decades. Researchers from the marine conservation group, Alnitak, spotted what is believed to be the first white shark in waters off Spain’s Balearic Islands in over 40 years. The last confirmed sighting of a great white in the Balearics was in 1976. The […]
Tracking study reveals peculiar behavior by great white sharks
A new study published by Scientific Reports found that great white sharks in the Atlantic often dive to great depths to hang out in deep-water whirlpools along the ocean floor. The study, conducted by the University of Washington and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, examined adult female white sharks in the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic […]
Study shows shark behavior altered by ecotourism activities
A recent study published in Conservation Physiology found that great white sharks become more active in the presence of humans taking part in caged shark dives. While ecotourism such as cage-diving activities has helped spur conservation-minded attitudes among participants, the impact on the sharks being exposed to such activities had not been thoroughly studied. Great white-centric […]
Tracking tags provide insight into great white survival rates
Using pop-up archival tag data, a team of researchers found that commercial by-catch of juvenile white sharks is the leading cause of mortality, according to findings published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Assistant professor at the University of Nebraska and lead author of the study, Dr. John Benson, said that PAT data represented “a widely-available, untapped data […]
Charges dropped against defendant in Florida shark cruelty case
Charges against one of the three men accused of animal cruelty in the highly publicized case involving a shark was dropped, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office. Spencer Heintz, 23, faced two two felony counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty. Two of the other defendants in the case, Michael Wenzel […]
Surfing survivalist survives shark encounter
Dylan McWilliams, who just over a year ago survived being mauled by a bear, was bitten on the leg by a shark while surfing on Shipwreck Beach in Poipu on the island of Kauai. The Colorado ranch hand and amateur survivalist was on vacation backpacking across the island when he ended up at the popular […]
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