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The sculpture might have begun with tracing a blue stingray specimen in the sand.
Sharks and rays are traded for their meat, liver and other products. The global demand for these products has increased, and in India, the trade affects livelihoods and culture.
The tragic death of Steve Irwin in 2006 gave stingrays a reputation for being dangerous. But stingray-caused deaths are incredibly rare.
I attest these rather ordinary, mud-covered stingrays are beautiful, and I never tire of watching them. Unfortunately, they are at risk of decline and localised extinctions.
No country has a higher diversity of sharks than Australia. That means we have a special responsibility to protect them.
The extraordinary story of a stingray, its discovery and its uncertain fate in the Yemen war.
Far more megafauna species use coastal wetlands than we thought. And it affects the way we need to address the extinction crisis.
As the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Wild unleash a week of dueling shark programs, a biologist advises viewers to take what they see with a large grain of sea salt.
From stingers to swans, Australia’s oceans are full of (potentially) deadly wildlife.
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Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University
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Research Scientist in Marine Biology, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University
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Emeritus Chief Scientist, NRF-SAIAB, National Research Foundation
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer in Marine Top Predator Conservation, Bangor University
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Senior Fisheries Scientist, NSW DPI Fisheries, Hunter New England Local Health District
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Research Fellow, Global Wetlands Project, Australia Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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PhD student, Biology, Dalhousie University
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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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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University