Much to the chagrin of parents everywhere, the “Baby Shark”song hasn’t gotten old yet. The kid-friendly viral sensation bit into the Billboard Top 100 this week, swimming in at No. 32. According to Nielsen Music, the song had 20.8 million streams last week. “Baby Shark” also moved 3,000 digital downloads in the tracking week ending on […]
Jayson ‘The Fossil Guy’ Kowinsky: Digging up a passion for ancient sharks
This guest column is brought to you by Jayson Kowinsky, more commonly known as “The Fossil Guy.” He is the Avocational Liaison to the Paleontological Society and also runs Fossilguy.com. Jayson loves to share his interest in paleontology and prehistoric sharks, and helps enthusiasts get involved in the field of professional paleontology. Chiseling away […]
How Jaws kicked off a 40-year love affair with sharks
When released in 1975, Jaws not only transformed the face of cinema, it would also change the way many of us perceived the ocean. We were exposed to a vengeful, human-eating, boat-destroying great white that although fictional, would end up haunting our relationship with sharks for decades to come. It would appear that the 40-year-old […]
Study: Sharks become less nimble as they age
Just like old uncle Frank, several species of sharks tend to become slower and less agile as they age, a new study from Florida Atlantic University has found. In a a joint effort by FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, scientists examined cartilage mechanics […]
Project aims to end nurse shark bycatch in lobster fishery
Scientists from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota and the Dutch Elasmobranch Society recently completed a six-month investigation into nurse sharks getting stuck in spiny lobster traps in the Saba bank shark sanctuary in the Dutch Caribbean. Hundreds of nurse sharks were getting ensnared in the traps each year, increasing trap handling time and negatively impacting the lobster […]
Fossil record used to discover ‘lost shark’
A new species of whaler shark, Carcharhinus obsolerus, has been identified based on three specimens originally collected from the Western Central Pacific in the 1940s. William White, Peter Kyne and Mark Harris described their findings in the latest issue of the journal PLOS One. The researchers believe that this species might already be extinct, however, which is why they […]
New shark species named in honor of late conservationist Rob Stewart
A new species of deep-water catshark has been named in honor of underwater filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart. The new species, Bythaelurus stewarti, was detailed in this month’s PLOS One by Simon Wiegman and associates. The discovery was based on 121 examined specimens caught on the Error Seamount in the northwestern Indian Ocean. The family Scyliorhinidae, comprising all catsharks of […]
New research shows megalodon may have been warm-blooded
New research from a team of biologists from DePaul University, William Paterson University and the University of California — Los Angeles, suggests that the massive ocean predator megalodon may have been warm-blooded and that this may have ultimately resulted in its demise as a species. The team used a system called ‘clumped’ isotope thermometry to […]
Prehistoric sharks could take down flying dinosaurs
Researchers from the University of Southern California made a surprising find while examining the fossil collection at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. One of the fossil specimens of a pterosaur was found to have the tooth, approximately one inch long, of a large shark wedged between the vertebra of its neck, providing a rare glimpse of wildlife […]
Shark watchers may have negative effects on coral reefs
As further proof of why we as humans can’t have nice things, a new study found that a massive increase in ecotourism revolving around whale sharks is having disastrous effects on the surrounding ecosystem. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong, the University of Guam, and the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines found that […]
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