BYRON BAY (AUSTRALIA)- A rescue team of Sea World saved the life of a grey nurse shark found at Julian Rocks. It was entangled with a 1m long hook and trace stuck in its mouth. The rescuers of the endangered shark was called in by a volunteer diver from SundiveContinue Reading
PACIFIC GROVE (USA)- Researchers at the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove said they have discovered that great white sharks store oil in their liver and then deplete it as they travel monumental distances. Where the sharks go is pretty well documented thanks to all the tagging programs. But howContinue Reading
TOKYO (JAPAN)- The Greenland shark has been titled the slowest shark of the world, not reaching more cruising speed than one mile per hour. Yet they feed on seals. Scientists think the sharks sneak up on seals that sleep under water. The National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo haveContinue 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
VIENNA (AUSTRIA)- Last weekend, Austrian undersea explorer and writer Hans Hass passed away ar age 94. Because of his work campaigning for a better reputation of sharks, he was named ‘Lord of the Sharks’. Hass published 32 books and produced 73 films during his career on the seas in hisContinue Reading
EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND)- Researchers from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University have discovered a spawning ground for deep-sea sharks on Scotland’s only inshore coral reef, the Mingulay Reef. The team discovered egg cases of the blackmouth catshark on the Mingulay Reef in the Outer Hebrides. The Mingulay Reef is waiting to find out if the European Union willContinue Reading
VANCOUVER (CANADA)- We all knew it of course, but scientists now have put down economical proof. Sharks are worth a lot more in the ocean than in a bowl of soup. That’s the conclusion of a research conducted by a team of the University of British Columbia. A new study, published todayContinue Reading