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Tiger Sharks Behave like Birds?

Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

Research has shown that these predators boast migration patterns more similar to birds, turtles and some marine mammals than other fishes.

Missing link fossil shows sharks are far more evolved than previously thought

Posted in Science on 31st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Sharks have cartilaginous skeletons, causing earlier experts to assume they are part of a primitive evolutionary pathway.

This Electric Fence System Could Safely Segregate Swimmers and Sharks

Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The system is assembled by simply stringing a 328-foot cable between a series of risers affixed to the seabed and turning it on.

Shark Skin Aids the Fights Against Hospital Superbugs

Posted in Science on 21st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

New research shows that when the scaly texture of shark skin is mimicked in hospital surfaces, it helps in the fight against such hospital superbugs.

First ban on shark and manta ray trade comes into force

Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

All trade in five named species of sharks is to be regulated from now on, in a significant step forward for conservation.