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Disappearing act of world's second largest fish explained
May 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
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University’s aerial survey finds sharks in Cornwall's waters
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Aug 14, 2007 |
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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 ...
As sharks dwindle, new laws enacted
May 28, 2007 |
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Shark fisheries in Mexico and throughout the world are dealing with proposed rules to curb shark hunting in the interest of preserving these predators.
Boy finds giant shark tooth
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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A 9-year-old Florida boy found a 5-inch-long fossil of an ancient shark tooth buried in the sand on an Egmont Key beach.
Negligible impact on public safety from shark cage diving operations
Jul 15, 2009 |
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A study by five university researchers -- including four from the University of Hawaii at Manoa -- concludes that existing shark cage diving enterprises in Hawai'i have a negligible effect on public safety.
Ocean's fiercest predators now vulnerable to extinction
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Feb 17, 2008 |
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The numbers of many large shark species have declined by more than half due to increased demand for shark fins and meat, recreational shark fisheries, as well as tuna and swordfish fisheries, where millions of sharks are ...
Great hammerhead shark sets litter record
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Jun 29, 2006 |
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A great hammerhead shark caught off the Gulf Coast of Florida last month was reportedly pregnant with 55 "pups" -- setting a record.
Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study
Jun 25, 2009 |
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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.
Revised shark kill estimates are announced
Oct 03, 2006 |
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A U.S. ocean conservation organization estimates as many as 73 million sharks are killed each year worldwide for their valuable fins.
Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?
New forensic technique gives clues about sharks from bite damage
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Hit-and-run attacks by sharks can be solved with a new technique that identifies the culprits by the unique chomp they put on their victims, according to a University of Florida researcher and shark expert.
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