Four people have been bitten by sharks in two days in Sydney Harbour and off NSW beaches. Bull sharks may have been involved. Here’s how to stay safe.
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Noongar dance can restore connections between those who live in Perth and the sharks who swim in the city’s river.
A new study sheds light on how sharks colonised the oceans and became apex predators.
The Gulf Coast has seen big jumps in baby bull shark numbers. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species of sharks, but the babies aren’t cause for concern, as three scientists explain.
New research shows climate change can drive sudden ocean cooling too. This can have devastating effects on marine life such as bull sharks and manta rays.
Some baby sharks eat their unborn siblings in utero, while others spend 100 years in childhood. Sink your teeth into the weird world of these juvenile wonders of the deep.
You’re more likely to drown at a beach than be killed by a shark. But there are things people can do to reduce the already low risk even further.
Media coverage of sharks often exaggerates risks to people, but more than 500 shark species have never been known to attack humans, and there’s lots to learn about them.
How many shark encounters have there been at your local beach? Explore our interactive map to see 20 years of incidents between humans and sharks in coastal waters around Australia.
Fatal shark bites are very rare. But the stats do suggest that the likelihood of an attack proving fatal is higher in Australia - probably because our waters are home to the “big three” dangerous species.
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Science Communicator, The University of Queensland
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Senior lecturer in marine ecology, Griffith University
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Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Music, The University of Western Australia
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Indigenous Cultural Advisor, Centre for People Place and Planet & School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Marine Fisheries Ecology, Macquarie University
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Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University
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Associate Extension Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Mississippi State University
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Researcher in marine ecology, James Cook University
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Instructional Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Ph.D. Student in Marine Science, Mississippi State University