AUCKLAND (NEW ZEALAND)- The New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) is impressed by the distance a mako shark which they have been tracking for a while. They named her Carol. The last few months have been busy for the mako shark. After spending spring in Fiji,Continue Reading
DONEGAL (NORTHERN IRELAND)- A five meter basking shark which swims off the Donegal coast of Northern Ireland in summer has been tracked over 3000 miles south off the western coast. It is the first time it has been confirmed where the sharks travel to for the northern hemisphere winter. TheContinue Reading
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- A rare ocean heat wave may to be blame for the recent spike in shark attacks in western Australia. That’s what scientist of the West Australian Department of Fisheries claim. The scientists suggest that a 5-degree rise in water temperature last summer may have sparked the increase inContinue Reading
SAN DIEGO (USA)- Scientists at Ocearch are tracking a big great white shark by gps off the eastern coast of the USA. They called her Mary Lee, after the mom of one of the researchers. She was tracked while swimming from Cape Cod to South Carolina and Georgia. See theContinue Reading
CHARLESTON (USA)- A satellite tracking system identified a 16-foot great white shark several miles inland inside the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The shark’s appearance in a branch of the Wando River, several miles inside the mouth of Charleston harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, caused a lot of stir.Continue Reading
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- Animal biologists at the University of Western Australia have revealed that the brains of great white sharks share similarities in terms of the regions dedicated to visual input to those found in human brains. Structures in great white shark brains similar to those found in humans could be the keyContinue Reading
CHEYENNE (USA)- A study published last week by the University of Wyoming show that great whites have a much broader diet than, as we often think, just seals. Many of the Pacific great white sharks they sampled were generalists who took different prey in varying locations. Some sharks were nearshoreContinue Reading