Sharks and rays have been swimming through the oceans for millions of years – but we still don’t really know where.
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Scientists are working closely with anglers to track the lives of sharks in English waters.
Previously lost fossils sometimes reemerge, but how do palaeontologists end up losing specimens in the first place?
NSW will soon have the world’s largest shark-spotting drone program. But spotting doesn’t necessarily translate to protection.
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.
Culls are back on the table after a shark bit a woman at Coogee beach on Saturday.
Could new populations of seals and porpoises attract the descendants of some of the large shark species that were thriving in this region 4-5 million years ago?
Nets used in the Irish fishing industry could be replaced by other types of fishing to preserve marine life.
Trade bans on sharks won’t reduce the threat of overfishing.
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.
Recent shark attacks may be linked less to shark behaviour – and more to the pollutants, pesticides and parasites humans send into the ocean.
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
In stingray nurseries, competition for food can be fierce – and it helps to not be a picky eater.
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.
Satellite technology that can track ships even when they ‘go dark’ finds that those protected areas that fully ban industrial fishing are succeeding, even if others aren’t.
For decades, cinema has given us sexy women in bikinis stalked by sharks. Now Netflix and Ocean Ramsey want us to think women in bikinis can save sharks.
Rather than a clever survival tactic, tonic immobility might just be ‘evolutionary baggage’.
The film made us afraid to go back in the water. It ultimately gave sharks more to fear from us.
White sharks suffered great declines after the Jaws movie was released. But these iconic predators must be protected.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Marine Biologist, South African National Parks (SANParks); Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Wollongong
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Senior Research Fellow, Conservation Science, University of Oxford; Bangor University
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Professor of Marine Fisheries Ecology, Macquarie University
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Shark biologist, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
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Doctoral Programmes Manager, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD graduate, University of Southampton
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Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Southampton
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research and Coordinator of Museum Operations, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
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Faculty Research Associate in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
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Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education and Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University