News tagged with basking shark

NOAA designates the eastern North Pacific basking shark a 'species of concern'

NOAA's Fisheries Service has designated the eastern North Pacific basking shark, a "species of concern" because it has suffered a dramatic decline in population despite decreasing fishing pressure. The label ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disappearing act of world's second largest fish explained

Researchers have discovered where basking sharks - the world's second largest fish - hide out for half of every year, according to a report published today in Current Biology. The discovery revises scient ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0




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Alligator commuters: Gators' travels link freshwater and marine ecosystems

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Gators. They're everywhere in freshwater areas of the Southeastern U.S.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dynasty of plankton-eating giants from Age of Dinosaurs revealed in new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant plankton-eating fish filled the prehistoric seas for more than 100 million years before they were wiped out in the same event that killed off the dinosaurs, new fossil evidence claims.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study

A third of the world's open water sharks -- including the great white and hammerhead -- face extinction, according to a major conservation survey released Thursday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

University’s aerial survey finds sharks in Cornwall's waters

Recent surveys around Cornwall’s coast have revealed the presence of large numbers of giant basking sharks. Scientists from the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) spotted 18 sharks ...

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created Aug 14, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Giant ocean sunfish seen off Cornish coast

An aerial survey has reportedly detected a sudden influx of the world's largest bony fish -- the giant ocean sunfish -- into Cornwall's coastal waters.

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created Jul 25, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0


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