Why do tiger sharks eat songbirds?
MOBILE (USA)- Woodpeckers, tanagers, wrens and doves. Tiger sharks in the Gulf of Mexico are known to find and eat backyard songbirds that have no business being in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. How is that possible? Researcher Marcus Drymon a senior marine scientist at the Dauphin IslandContinue Reading
Costa Rica wants to export 1200 kg hammerhead fins
SAN JOSE (COSTA RICA)- Government officials and environmentalists in Costa Rica are in disagreement on what to do with more than 1,200 kilograms of shark fins — the equivalent of about 2,000 hammerhead sharks — allegedly caught as bycatch and set to be exported to Asia. The disagreement extends to regulationsContinue Reading
Goblin shark found in Australia
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA)- It is one of the rarest, and possible strangest sharks around: the Goblin shark. The Australian museum in Sydney has dissected one and put it on video. The goblin shark, known as “alien of the deep” was found off Green Cape, Australia and delivered to the museum which Tuesday showedContinue Reading
In Memoriam: Eugenie ‘Shark Lady’ Clark
SARASOTA (USA)- She was one of the first women in a macho world of diving with sharks. Nonetheless she became a world authority on sharks and fish. Dr. Eugenie Clark, aka the “Shark Lady” and the founder of the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, has died, according to Mote Marine. SheContinue Reading
Repelling sharks with magnetic waves
A wristband that will protect you from inquisitive sharks while you are surfing or snorkeling. SharkBanz claims to repel sharks with magnetic waves. From reefsharks to bull sharks and even tiger sharks. SharkNewz spoke with Nathan Garrison, who invented the device together with his father, David. But how does itContinue Reading
Fatal attack on Reunion Island
ISLE OF REUNION (FRANCE)- The tropical island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean can be considered as a hotspot for shark attacks. Last Saturday another person died after being attacked by a shark. A woman was struck by a shark while swimming in the sea at a beach in southwesternContinue Reading
Shark alertness in New South Wales
BALLINA (AUSTRALIA)- Lifeguards have renewed their plea not to swim at Ballina beaches following Monday’s fatal shark attack. A 41-year old surfer from Japan got killed last monday in a shark attack near Ballina on the New South Wales north coast. The state is living its ‘summer of sharks’ with earlierContinue Reading