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Sharks filmed ‘smashing’ sea urchins
What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.
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News
Using drones to spot beach-bound sharks
Ongoing tests show drones are an effective way to spot sharks that wander too close to busy beaches.
News
Prehistoric megalodon could swallow a great white shark whole, research shows
The ancient super-predator megalodon made an easy meal of sharks and whales according to new modelling by Aussie scientists.
Wildlife
Megalodon: fact from fiction
There are lots of myths surrounding the megalodon, the biggest predatory shark in the world. Here, we sort fact from fiction.
Science & Environment
Sharks were almost wiped out in a mysterious event 19 Million Years Ago. Could it happen again?
Sharks are evolutionary champions, but 19 million years ago they were mysteriously pushed to the brink, and humans may be repeating history.
Science & Environment
How to make a (scientifically accurate) megalodon sculpture
Two museum exhibits recently opened public displays featuring models of megalodon, but each is very different. Why?
Science & Environment
Number of shark and rays falls by more than 70 per cent in 50 years
New research conducted with the help of Australian scientists has found oceanic shark and ray numbers have dropped more than 70 per cent in 50 years.
Earth Heroes
The truth about sharks
The world’s sharks are in trouble. They need our help and their time is running out. Today there are more than 140 sharks on the endangered list. Over fishing (mainly for their fins) and climate change are putting many at critical risk. Explorers caught up with marine biologist Blake Chapman to separate truth from fiction…. View Article
Earth Heroes
Saving the sharks
Julius Nielsen is a marine biologist who studies the Greenland Shark – the world’s oldest type of shark.
Why sharks aren’t the killing machines we see on screen: Blake Chapman
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