Researchers have learned over the years that while whale sharks mostly travel solo, there are times they gather in large numbers in feeding aggregations.
New species of ‘farting’ shark discovered
After the researchers from Goudacutta learned of the event, the team from Flats U lent biological samples for further study.
Hammerhead sharks can give virgin birth
By Susan Lawler, La Trobe University I was listening to Triple J on Tuesday afternoon when comedian David O’Doherty shared what he called a show stopping fact: female hammerhead sharks can produce baby hammerhead sharks without the benefit of a male. A lively discussion ensued, at the end of which the interviewer, known mysteriously as […]
After long, strange journey, shark tag recovered in Florida
A satellite tracking tag was recovered in Florida nearly 1,200 miles from where it was first placed on a a great white shark by the family of a shark researcher studying the shark it had once been attached to. The serendipitous finding occurred after the tag, which had previously been attached to a 10-foot great […]
The Conversation: Sharks aren’t a reason to panic
By Gavin Naylor, University of Florida Sharks elicit outsized fear, even though the risk of a shark bite is infinitesimally small. As a marine biologist and director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, I oversee the International Shark Attack File – a global record of reported shark bites that has been maintained continuously since […]
Study maps evolution of sharks through their teeth
The family of mackerel sharks, from the modern mako to the prehistoric megalodon, can be traced back to a modest common ancestor, according to a new study by the University of Vienna, Austria. The study, which was published in the recent journal Scientific Reports, looked at tooth samples from the great white and other members of […]
The unofficial Shark Week drinking game
Shark Week is coming and it is the perfect time to drink to drink like a fish until we all get hammered. If you are looking for the perfect way to celebrate Shark Week 2019, here are the official totally-not-official-and-in-no-way-affiliated-with-Shark-Week-on-Discovery-in-any-way-shape-or-form Shark Week Drinking Game presented by Sharkophile.com THE OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL SHARK WEEK DRINKING GAME RULES(Sharkophile […]
New video emerges in case of Florida “shark torturer”
New videos show Robert “Bo” Benac and others accused of dragging a live shark behind a speeding boat using hooked sharks as target practice. The video, obtained by Fox 13 in Tampa ahead of Benac’s criminal case in Hillsborough County, Florida, allegedly show Benac and his friends repeatedly firing a pistol into a living shark […]
Viral video shows man smoking weed from shark carcass
A video of an Australian fisherman using a dead shark as a bong has gone viral, drawing the ire of many online. The video which was posted to the Facebook group Fried Fishing Australia, which featured a marine-themed stunts, showed a young man smoking marijuana to the tune of the children’s song, Baby Shark. […]
The Legend of the Black Demon shark
We all like to indulge in a good fish tale. Especially when that fish is a shark. The legend of El Demonio Negro, the Black Demon, has persisted for as long as people entered the waters of the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, between the Baja Peninsula and the state of […]
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