Scientists have identified sertraline — the active ingredient in Zoloft and dozens of other antidepressants — in the brain tissue of hammerhead sharks caught off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
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A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, offering key lessons for conversation.
Young sharks are gathering at a popular beach. Here’s why we should skip our fear response and go for wonder – and protection
Because hammerhead sharks give birth to live young, studying their embryonic development is much more complicated than harvesting some eggs and watching them develop in real time.
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.
The first hammerhead shark was likely the result of a genetic deformity. A biologist explains how shark DNA reveals hammerheads’ history.
Some media have reported shark numbers at ‘plague proportions’ in Australian waters. But a new analysis suggests the opposite: species such as hammerheads and white sharks have plummeted in number.
Sharks were a major talking point at the CITES conference this year and their protection has been expanded to cover new species.
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Marine Ecology, Florida International University
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Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University
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Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University
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Professora Adjunta do Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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pesquisador, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)