Five Incredible Ways NASA Helps With Shark Conservation
While scientists at our partner institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, NASA’s Earth-observing satellites collect key information about sharks’ habitat – the ocean. NASA’s…
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“Get Out of the Water!” Monster Shark Movies Massacre Shark Conservation Efforts
Undeniably the shark movie to end all shark movies, the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws, not only smashed box office expectations, but forever changed the way we…
Answers to a Fundamental Puzzle: Why Are Some Fish Warm-Blooded When Most Are Not?
New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until now remained unsolved: why are some fish warm-blooded when most are…
Ancient Fossil Shark Scales Provide a Glimpse of Reef Predator Populations Before Human Impact
The results indicate that shark abundance in the region declined roughly three-fold since prehistoric times. Scientists recently made news by using fossil shark scales to…
The City of David and the 80 Million-Year-Old Sharks’ Teeth Mystery
Scientists have found an unexplained cache of fossilized shark teeth in an area where there should be none — in a 2900-year-old site in the…
3,000-Year-Old Shark Attack Victim Found – Grim Remains Scarred by at Least 790 Deep, Serrated Injuries
Newspapers regularly carry stories of terrifying shark attacks, but in a paper published today, Oxford-led researchers reveal their discovery of a 3,000-year-old victim — attacked…
New Species of Ancient Shark Discovered
In a new study, an international team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes a fossil skeleton of an ancient shark, which…
Massive Predator: School Lesson Gone Wrong Leads to New, Bigger Megalodon Size Estimate
A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously thought, measuring up to 65…
Puzzling Extinction Event Decimated Sharks 19 Million Years Ago
Nineteen million years ago, sharks nearly disappeared from Earth’s oceans, according to a new study, which provides evidence for a previously unknown mass ocean extinction…
Massive Die-Off Discovered by Accident: A Shark Mystery Millions of Years in the Making
The biggest shark attack in history did not involve humans. A new study by Earth scientists from Yale and the College of the Atlantic has…
Largest-Ever Effort to Artificially Inseminate Sharks – And the Occasional “Virgin Birth”
It’s a tough time to be a shark. Pollution, industrialized fishing, and climate change threaten marine life, and the populations of many top ocean predators…
Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Fields to Guide Them Like a Map – “It Really Is Mind Blowing”
Sea turtles are known for relying on magnetic signatures to find their way across thousands of miles to the very beaches where they hatched. Now,…
Bizarre Manta-Like Sharks Once Soared Through Late Cretaceous Oceans
Introducing a “bizarre” shark from the Late Cretaceous that, more than 66 million years ago, plied the seas feasting upon plankton while soaring through the…
Scientists Show Electronic Technology Can Save People From Shark Bites
The deployment of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuries. With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia —…
Cutting-Edge 3D Satellite Technology Shows These Baby Great White Sharks Love to Hang Out Near New York
FAU Harbor Branch study provides first-ever glimpse into 3D movements of young white sharks using satellite technology. Uncovering detailed travel patterns and habitat use of…
Discovery of a Bizarre, Winged “Eagle Shark” in the Cretaceous Seas
93 million years ago, bizarre, winged sharks swam in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This newly described fossil species, called Aquilolamna milarcae, has…
Researchers Unlock Mysteries of Soupfin Shark Migration and Reproduction
Tracking the U.S. population of soupfin sharks yields firsts for science, implications for management and conservation. A seven-year study of California’s soupfin sharks sheds light…
Whale Sharks Extraordinary Ability to Quickly Recover From Serious Injuries
A new study has for the first time explored the extraordinary rate at which the world’s largest fish, the endangered whale shark, can recover from…