UTRECHT (THE NETHERLANDS)- As hurricane season in the North Atlantic is under way, marine biologists in The Telegraph reveal details of how sharks behave during adverse weather. Like other fish sharks detect disturbances in the water, which cause changes in water pressure, allowing them to detect threats or prey.In sharksContinue Reading
SARASOTA (USA)- Too many incidents with sharks are being called ‘attacks’. That’s misleading. Scientists from the US and Australia propose a new classification to support more accurate reporting of shark-human interactions. Shark Attack Capital Florida is often called the “Shark Attack Capital of the World.” But that’s very misleading,” saidContinue Reading
STUART (USA)- A teenage surfer was attacked by a blacktip reef shark while he was posing for pictures in waist-deep waters off the Florida-town of Stuart. The shark bit him on the right hand. The young surfer needed 12 stitches. The 16-year-old says he hit the shark with his surfboard and then ranContinue Reading
COCOA BEACH (USA)- In the US state of Florida sharks near the surf are not a strange sight. Yesterday around noon a shark approximately 5 feet long swam into less than 3 inches of water near where a large group of young children were playing in the sand. A BrevardContinue Reading
MIAMI (USA)– Marine scientists from the University of Miami encountered an unexpected guest in the warm waters off the Florida Keys: a great white. The RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, was doing a routine sampling of shark population on the water just east of Islamorada when they hooked a 10-11-footContinue Reading
NEW SMYRNA BEACH (USA)- The self pronounced “Shark Bite Capital of the World”, New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County in the state of Florida, has had its first bite of the year. A 21-year old surfer was paddling out to catch some waves when a shark bit the surfer inContinue Reading
JENSEN BEACH (USA)- The US state of Florida is still shark attack capital of the world. On Jensen Beach in Martin County last weekend a 50-year old swimmer was bitten in the hand by a shark. The bite caused nothing more than a minor injury. The man was taken toContinue Reading