Oceana announced Nina Dobrev, actress and ocean advocate, as its newest Oceana Ambassador. To mark the announcement, Oceana launched a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign that features Nina Dobrev and her efforts to help protect the world’s sharks. Oceana is currently advocating for legislation that would ban the sale and trade of shark fin […]
Hammerhead nursery discovered in Galapagos
Researchers from Ecuador have discovered a hammerhead shark nursery in the Galapagos Islands, nearly 1,000 miles off the coast of South America. This remote sanctuary has likely remained relatively pristine for over a million years. “It was quite by chance that we found this natural nursery for baby hammerheads, a species that is under a high […]
Researchers develop new system for conservation priorities
To shine light on and conserve rare shark, ray, and chimaera species (chondrichthyans), Simon Fraser University researchers have developed a fully-resolved family tree and ranked every species according to the unique evolutionary history they account for. “While we’ve all heard of white sharks and manta rays, how many of us have heard of the Colclough’s […]
Official trailer, release date for Deep Blue Sea 2 announced
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released the official trailer for Deep Blue Sea 2, the sequel to its genetically enhanced shark-themed horror franchise, earlier this week. According to the official synapses, “building the better shark still isn’t a good idea in Deep Blue Sea 2, the long-awaited sequel to the hit theatrical thriller coming this spring […]
SharkVentures: Catamaran shark tours in Key West
This SharkVenture is brought to you through an affiliate partnership with Viator. Sharkophile.com may receive compensation for tours booked using this site. Get up close with sharks and other marine wildlife on the Key West Shark and Wildlife Catamaran Tours, a 2-hour boat tour from Key West. Travel on board an eco-friendly, 34-foot catamaran just a few […]
Oceanic whitetip sharks added to protected species list
The National Marine Fisheries Service reclassified the oceanic whitetip shark as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The decision recognized threats from overfishing and bycatch in pelagic longline fishing gear as major reasons for drastic population declines. Today’s listing responds to a petition from Defenders of Wildlife, with support from the Center for Biological Diversity, […]
Study shows ancient arctic sharks tolerated brackish water
Sharks were a tolerant bunch some 50 million years ago, cruising an Arctic Ocean that contained about the same percentage of freshwater as Louisiana’s Lake Ponchatrain does today, says a new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Chicago. The study indicates the Eocene Arctic sand tiger shark, a member of […]
Shark bites increase on U.S. West Coast for 2017
According to data released this week by the Shark Research Committee, the West Coast of the United States nearly doubled its reported number of shark encounters between humans and the apex predators in 2017. According to the SRC report, there were 9 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America; eight instances were […]
New species of prehistoric, plankton-eating shark discovered
An international team of scientists has discovered a new lineage of extinct plankton-feeding sharks, Pseudomegachasma, that lived in warm oceans during the age of the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. The fossil sharks had tiny teeth very similar to a modern-day, plankton-eating megamouth shark. The study, “A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from […]
Trump’s hatred leads to spike in donations for shark conservation efforts
Recent revelations of President Donald Trump’s hatred toward sharks has led to an increase in charitable donations to organizations across the country dedicated to the conservation and protection of the apex predators. In an interview with with pornstar Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, In Touch Magazine—originally conducted in 2011 but was only published this […]
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