Specialized shark proteins could help researchers unlock new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and other degenerative brain disorders. Danish pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck, announced that are moving on to the next stage of testing for treatments that utilize shark antibodies to help deliver drugs into patients. The new treatment involves bonding developmental drugs to the shark proteins so that […]
Shark photobombs young surfer in Australia
While photographing his 10-year-old son while he was surfing in the waves off Samurai Beach in North Sydney, Australia, Chris Hasson noticed something in the barrel his son, Eden, was riding. An unidentified shark, approximately eight or nine feet in length, was rolling in the wave just feet from Eden’s surfboard. “If I was on the […]
Florida leads nation in shark attacks for 2016
With 32 confirmed reports of sharks biting a human unprovoked last year, Florida once again led the United States in shark attacks, according to the International Shark Attack File’s annual report. Volusia County, a surfer’s haven located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of the state, was the site for 15 of those attacks. The ISAF, which […]
Gigantic shark, Jason Statham to star in new horror movie
Primary filming on Meg, a suspense-thriller movie featuring The Transporter actor, Jason Statham, facing off against a bloodthirsty megalodon shark at the bottom of the ocean, wrapped up in New Zealand last month. The big-budget blockbuster from Warner Brothers Films, which is being directed by Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure), is based on the 1997 novel of the […]
Captive shark in Australia gives virgin birth
A female zebra shark in a Townsville, Australia aquarium gave birth last year to a litter of three pups despite not having been exposed to a male of the species in over four years. Testing, revealed this week in the journal, Scientific Reports, show that the contain only the mother’s DNA and that the baby […]
Drone captures great white shark stalking kitesurfer
French travel blogger Isabelle Fabre knew she had a drone camera following her every move from above as she kitesurfed off the southern coast of Western Australia. What she didn’t know is that she also had a 12-foot great white shark doing the same thing from below the surface of the water. Fabre’s colleague, who was piloting […]
Thresher shark leaps into fisherman’s dinghy
Two south Australian fishermen got quite the scare when a nearly 10-foot thresher shark leaped into their boat while fishing less than a mile off shore of Port MacDonnell in Southern Australia. “The next thing all I could see over his left shoulder was this head, these two big black eyes and a mouth and the […]
Video: Hammerhead Shark vs. Bronze Whaler Shark
Footage posted by a sport fishing company in Exmouth, WA shows a large hammerhead shark chomping on a whaler shark. Source: www.perthnow.com.au
Air China bans shipping of shark fins
Air China became the country’s first major airliner to ban the shipping of shark fins as cargo on Friday, marking a major victory in conservation efforts in a region that has been identified as a major importer of the fins from around the world. It is estimated that China is a major consumer of the […]
Diver fends off aggressive bull shark on Great Barrier Reef
A Queensland spearfisherman was able to catch a harrowing encounter with an extremely aggressive bull shark on camera. Kerry Daniel was surfacing after a dive on the Great Barrier Reef last week when the approximately five foot bull shark charged directly at him. He was able to use his spear gun to fend off the […]