A shark has killed a teenage boy at a popular tourist hotspot in South Australia. His body was recovered from the water near Ethel Beach, about a 180-mile drive from Adelaide, on December 28, according to reports. Police were notified of a shark attack in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, on the Yorke Peninsula, at […]
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The ex-shark fishermen teaching schoolkids how to protect the environment
LOMBOK, Indonesia — Suhardi, 43, glides across a technicolor coral garden. Freediving down to the seafloor, he scoops up a handful of sand that he sprinkles over the reef. The reef becomes a blur of color as reef fish scurry from all four corners to see what delicacies can be found among the falling grains. […]
Mom has leg bitten off by shark and bleeds to death after saving 5-year-old daughter
A young mother swimming off the coast of Mexico was killed while saving her 5-year-old daughter from a shark, which bit off the woman’s leg, causing her to bleed out on the beach. A distressing video was shared on social media over the weekend, showing the shark attack victim sprawled out on the sand in […]
Surfer Killed by 13-ft Great White Shark, Witnesses Fear: ‘He Grabbed Him’
A search is underway for the body of a man believed to have been killed by a shark while he was surfing. The 55-year-old surfer was attacked by a shark near Streaky Bay in South Australia at around 10:20 a.m. local time on Tuesday. The man was further out in the water than the other […]
A ‘whalecam’, seals v sharks and fish that play dead: it’s Planet Earth III
A detachable “whalecam”, remote underwater cameras operated from a director’s bedroom and a “drone ballet” are among the innovations that will be featured for the first time on David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III. Following the global success of 2016’s BBC’s Planet Earth II and its famous “snakes v iguanas” scene, the corporation’s natural history unit […]
“Unofficial Mascots”: Bull Sharks Survived 17 Years in Golf Club Lake
Flooding in 1996 carried six juvenile bull sharks into a golf course lake, where they survived for 17 years. A new study uses this case to argue that bull sharks can survive extended periods of time in low salinity waters. Indeed, during their time in the Carbrook Golf Club’s lake they became the unofficial mascots […]
August 30th is International Whale Shark Day
If you see any of us no need to pause We are sharks but we are not “jaws”As the biggest fish we are very large But our nature is gentle We do not wish to be in charge People use us for meat oil and fins Please save us from the trouble you Put us […]
Climate Change is Making Sharks Angrier, Here’s How!
Climate change has brought about many unexpected consequences, but here’s one that might surprise you: Sharks could get angrier! As strange as it sounds, scientists are warning that the world’s oceans hitting the hottest temperature ever recorded at 20.96°C could have far-reaching impacts on sea life, including the behavior of these apex predators. The EU’s […]