Four of the sharks tagged during OCEARCH’s Nova Scotia Expedition in 2018 — Luna, a 15-foot female; Cabot, a 9-ft, 8-in male; Hal, a 12-ft, 6-in male, and Jane, a 10-foot female –have already returned to Shelburne and Yarmouth Counties as of this week. Their return to the Canadian province is more evidence that Canada […]
Study maps evolution of sharks through their teeth
The family of mackerel sharks, from the modern mako to the prehistoric megalodon, can be traced back to a modest common ancestor, according to a new study by the University of Vienna, Austria. The study, which was published in the recent journal Scientific Reports, looked at tooth samples from the great white and other members of […]
The scariest part of filming Shark Week? The humans
Shark Week veterans Joe Romeiro, Dr. Neil HammerschlagStefanie Brendl and Jamin Martinelli all agreed that the most dangerous part of diving with sharks while filming for Shark Week on Discovery Channel is the human element that goes into it. “People are way more unpredictable than sharks are,” Romeiro said. “I kind of know what the shark […]
Sharkophile’s Ultimate Guide to Shark Week 2019
It is our favorite time of the year here at Sharkophile.com — Shark Week on Discovery Channel. Personally, we think it should be declared a national holiday. The channel’s annual ode to the apex predator, will air July 28 through August 4. Shark Week 2019 will air over 20 hours of new shark-themed programming Featuring nearly […]
NatGeo’s SharkFest 2019 will span three weeks
NatGeo’s SharkFest is so big this year that it needed a bigger network. SharkFest 2019 will offer three week’s worth of shark-related programming across two channels, NatGeo and NatGeo WILD, starting on Sunday, July 14. The flagship station, NatGeo, will air the first week’s worth of shows before moving to the companion channel, WILD, for […]
SharkoFiles: Great White Shark
The great white shark is perhaps the best known and most chronicled shark in the ocean. Also known as White Shark, White Pointer or White Death, they are called the Great White because of their snow white underbellies. Due to their perceived notoriety and worldwide fame as the shark being responsible for the greatest number […]
Anonymous donor pledges $300K to shark genetic research
An anonymous donor made a $300,000 donation for the further study of shark genomics at the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University. The grant comes on the heels of a recent study in which the GHRI successfully mapped the full genetic code of a great white shark. This discovery, which could unlock the […]
Killer Whales vs. Great Whites: Who is king of the ocean?
In the ocean, both the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) are fearsome top predators. But of the two massive animals, the killer whale may be the more formidable one, a new study has found. Salvador Jorgensen, a marine ecologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, and his colleagues […]
New study reveals great white sharks’ fear of killer whales
There is always a bigger fish. A new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium found that even great white sharks, one of the most formidable predators in the ocean, have something to fear. According to the research, which also included research partners from Stanford University, Point Blue Conservation Science and Montana State University and published […]
White sharks can tolerate toxic levels of heavy metal
A recent study by researchers from University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that great white sharks were able to tolerate high levels of heavy metals that would be considered toxic to other marine animals. Using blood samples taken from great whites off the coast of South Africa, the researchers found […]
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