Nearly one-third of the shark species in the global fin trade are at risk of extinction, according to a new study by Florida International University. FIU marine scientist Demian Chapman and his team collected samples from Asian seafood vendors and various other sources. Of the over 4,800 tissues collected, they identified almost 80 shark, ray and chimaera species […]
VIDEO: Great White snatches underwater surveillance camera
Massey University researchers captured some dramatic footage of a nearly 15-foot great white shark on a recent research expedition to the Southwest Pacific. Dr Adam Smith and his team of researchers deployed their Baited Remote Underwater Video system off of North Island in New Zealand. A curious white shark decided to try and sneak away with […]
VIDEO: Shark rescued, placed in Sydney swimming pool
A nearly two-meter long juvenile shark was rescued from Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia, after it washed ashore. Rescuers who found the injured shark were able to load it into a van and transport it to a nearby saltwater pool in Fairy Bower. The locals dubbed the shark “Fluffy.” Fluffy will be released back into […]
Authorities confiscate live sharks living in New York pool
Seven live sandbar sharks were found living in a basement pool in Lagrangeville, New York. The one to three foot sharks were found after a search warrant was served by officers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Officers also found two dead leopard sharks and a dead juvenile hammerhead during the search. “I’ve […]
The Sharkophile newsroom survived Hurricane Irma
Apologies to those of you who missing out on your regular sharks news fix. The Sharkophile newsroom has been a bit chaotic over the last two weeks because of Hurricane Irma. Like the sharks we know and love we temporarily relocated. Sharks have a system of sense organs along their lateral lines that detect movement, […]
Study finds endangered sharks still major part of international trade
The University of Guelph study used DNA testing to accurately identify 129 shark fins and ray gill plates purchased from markets in Canada, China and Sri Lanka, and confirmed the parts came from 12 species of endangered sharks and rays. Dirk Steinke, adjunct professor in the department of integrative biology at the University of Guelph, […]
Australia ready to deploy automated shark-detecting drones
Beginning in September, automated drones will patrol the shores of Australia’s sharkiest beaches in an attempt to give surfers and swimmers advanced notice of potentially dangerous sharks entering the area. The project is a joint venture between the University of Technology Sydney’s School of Software and Little Ripper Group, a commercial UAV company, that began in 2016. […]
Fox News Anchor Falls for Harvey Shark Hoax
Fox News anchor Jesse Watters propagated some “fake news” on Tuesday. Reporting that sharks had taken over the flooded streets of Texas. “There’s some really weird biblical things that are going on down there in Houston,” Watters told viewers. The viral photo was posted to Twitter in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Photoshopped image […]
“Siesta Key” star identified in latest shark torture video
Spoiled rich kid and wannabe reality television star, Alex Kompothecras, has been identified as the man pulling the trigger in a viral video of an endangered hammerhead being shot repeatedly off the coast of Florida. The video shows a young man in a “Make America Great Again” hat, identified as Kompethcras by the Miami Herald, […]
VIDEO: Rare megamouth shark sighted in Indonesia
British tourist Penny Bielich and her diving group encountered an extremely rare megamouth shark on the Gili Lawa Laut off Komodo Island, Indonesia. The 26-second clip show the approximately 15-foot shark as it passes overhead. Although the sharks are not considered a threatened species, encounters with megamouths, a species that typically lives at depths of […]
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