Specialized shark proteins could help researchers unlock new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and other degenerative brain disorders. Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck, announced that are moving on to the next stage of testing for treatments that utilize shark antibodies to help deliver drugs into patients. The new treatment involves bonding developmental drugs to the shark proteins so that […]
Captive shark in Australia gives virgin birth
A female zebra shark in a Townsville, Australia aquarium gave birth last year to a litter of three pups despite not having been exposed to a male of the species in over four years. Testing, revealed this week in the journal, Scientific Reports, show that the contain only the mother’s DNA and that the baby […]
Fun fact: Sharks don’t urinate like other fish
The urinary system of a shark includes a bladder and urinary tract but unlike bony species of fish, sharks do not expel that urine through the traditional urinary system. Sharks need to maintain a steady level of soluble salts in their body at all times to maintain buoyancy and avoid dehydration from seawater running over their […]
Florida Aquarium starved shark to death, according to complaint
A complaint filed with the 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney and the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center alleged that an adult nurse shark that died at Tampa’s Florida Aquarium in November was due to human neglect. The complaint was brought forth by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation on Thursday after a former biologist who worked for […]
Pair of recently-tagged great white sharks make way to Florida
Two of Ocearch’s latest recipients of satellite tracking equipment have already pinged in off the coast of Florida less than two months after being tagged off the coast of New England. Grey Lady and Miss Costa, a pair of female great whites, were tagged within two days of each other in September off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, […]
Rare ‘ghost shark’ caught on video for first time
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California captured the first-ever underwater footage of pointy-nosed blue chimaeras, a rare species of”ghost sharks,” while researching deepwater valleys around the Hawaiian Islands and off the coast of Central California. It also marks the first time the species, which was first discovered in 2002 off the coast of New Zealand, had […]
Extremely rare nurse shark spotted in Caicos
A diver off the coast of the Turks and Caicos Islands captured video of an extremely rare creature — a nurse shark with a dotted color scheme. Diver Nate Madden said the shark’s unusual coloring was a result of leucism, a condition that causes the partial loss of pigmentation in the skin, leading to […]
Shark’s 8,500-mile odyssey ends in North Carolina
A mako shark caught by commercial fishermen off North Carolina traveled more than 8,500 miles after a tracking device was attached 18 months earlier, an ocean research group says. Read more: charlotteobserver
The Sixth Sense of Sharks
Sharks possess an extraordinary ability to navigate and hunt in water, largely due to their advanced auditory and sensory systems. Although they lack visible external ears, their hearing is exceptionally acute, enabling them to detect a wide range of sounds that are imperceptible to humans. Embedded on either side of a shark’s head are two […]
Cape Town To Employ Drones As Shark Spotters
The City of Cape Town will add camera-mounted drones to its efforts to keep swimmers at two of South Africa’s busiest beaches, Fish Hoek and Muizenberg. The remotely-operated drones will provide a live video feed of the water below which is used by shark-spotters, who can then warn swimmers about possible sightings. The drones, which will be put […]
