So this little gem came across my Google alerts today. The cognitive dissonance between what happens (biologically) in that video, what the two intrepid heroes…
View More ZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…Category: Sharks
New Obligations and Continuing Challenges in Shark Conservation
As the sun rose this morning here in Trinidad and Tobago where I’m conducting field work, I was certain about two facts. First: Trinidadians and…
View More New Obligations and Continuing Challenges in Shark ConservationFuture Shark: Living in an Ocean on the Brink
Last week Discovery Channel successfully botched yet another Shark Week. Big surprise there. Don’t get me wrong, there were some (and by some I mean…
View More Future Shark: Living in an Ocean on the BrinkNo Honey, there are no sharks in Ontario Lakes
This post is authored by Andrew Lewin a Marine Ecologist, Marine Conservationist, and Oceanpreneur. He is the founder of SpeakUpForBlue.com, a website dedicated to help…
View More No Honey, there are no sharks in Ontario LakesSea Walls: Lessons from a Paint Can
“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes…
View More Sea Walls: Lessons from a Paint CanWhat ate a 3 meter long Great White? Probably a Wereshark
Recently a 2003 video went viral on the internet. The video is a story of a 3 meter Great White Shark that was tagged. That electronic…
View More What ate a 3 meter long Great White? Probably a WeresharkDead Elasmobranchs on the Seafloor are Not as Appetizing as One Might Assume
Most fauna in the deep-sea rely upon a drizzle of particles of decaying animals and feces. This marine snow is of low food quality as…
View More Dead Elasmobranchs on the Seafloor are Not as Appetizing as One Might AssumeEnigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil Relatives
On 15 November 1976, a US Navy boat tracking Soviet subs in the Pacific was retrieving its sonar gear from deep water around Oahu…
View More Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil RelativesWhale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China
Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…
View More Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in ChinaHere’s how you can tell that the “shark” photobombing kids is actually a dolphin
Editor’s Note: This article originally occurred at Southern Fried Science and is republished here with permission. The post is authored by shark expert and graduate…
View More Here’s how you can tell that the “shark” photobombing kids is actually a dolphin