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Chance sighting reveals transatlantic trek of basking sharks

Western and Queen’s University Belfast discovered the second recorded evidence of transatlantic movement of a basking shark, the second largest shark on the planet. Images of a female basking shark were captured by an underwater photographer off the coast of Cape Cod nearly three years after it was fitted with a satellite transmitter at Malin […]

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New wetsuit material could save lives after shark bites

A new material that can be incorporated into the wetsuits of surfers and divers may help prevent catastrophic blood loss after a shark bite incident. Flinders University marine researchers conducted initial testing of two types of protective fabrics that incorporate ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibres (UHMWPE) into standard neoprene material. The material was then subjected […]

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US, EU strike down mako shark protections at ICCAT

Proposed protections for shortfin mako sharks fell short after the European Union and the United States refused to back the measures during this year’s the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Mallorca, Spain. Ten countries, including Canada and Senegal, backed the measure to ban the retention of seriously overfished North Atlantic Shortfin […]

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Ancient megashark species discovered in Kansas

A previously undiscovered shark species dating back over 90 million years ago was recently discovered in an ancient seabed in modern-day Kansas. The partial remains of the newly named Cretodus houghtonorum, which is believed to be nearly 20 feet in length, was discovered in the region known as the Western Interior Seaway in 2010 at […]

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Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act passes major hurdle in House

Thanks to a groundswell of last-minute support from a grassroots effort by numerous conservation groups and organizations, the shark finning industry in the United States suffered a serious legislative defeat. The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, H.R. 737, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in a 310 to 107 vote late Wednesday night. […]

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Shark Talks: Shark Ecologist Bradley Strickland

With the Atlantic hurricane season in it peak, one of the questions we have been running across frequently is “what do sharks do during a catastrophic weather event.” To find out, we reached out to Bradley Strickland, a doctoral student at Florida International University in Miami. One of Strickland’s area’s of research includes a long-term […]