Like many other critically endangered species, slow maturity, reproduction method and large gill nets used for fishing are the main reasons for this shark species’ push to the edge of extinction.
New species of prehistoric shark discovered in South Carolina
A new species of prehistoric daggernose shark was recently discovered among a trove of prehistoric fossils found in Aiken County, South Carolina. David Cicimurri, curator of the South Carolina State Museum’s natural history collection, and James Knight, of the University of South Carolina Aiken Department of Biology and Geology, found numerous fossils in the formerly […]
