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Sharks
Sharks are fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and sleek, streamlined body, a shark can range in size from the two-foot pygmy shark to the colossal 50-foot whale shark. Sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.
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AUG 06, 2024Earth & The Environment
In a first, researchers have officially documented that the broadnose sevengill shark, and the soupfin shark, which is c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2023Plants & Animals
Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 02, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study provides evidence against the longstanding belief that imposing fishing bans in large areas of the ocean ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandAPR 14, 2023Plants & Animals
As a highly vulnerable marine animal, conservation efforts are key to protect a range of shark species. However, gatheri ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 16, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
A new paper in Nature Partner Journals Vaccines sets the path for non-shark-based vaccines. Thanks to research ...Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 06, 2023Plants & Animals
Shark fins have been a popular animal product traded around the world. In certain Asian countries, for example, shark fi ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 02, 2022Plants & Animals
Newly discovered fossil fish in China suggest an earlier origin for the evolution of jawsWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattSEP 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2022Technology
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by the Uni ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
In 2020, when I was still working at a small natural history museum in Hot Springs, South Dakota, I started to hear whis ...Written By: Timothy JamesMAR 06, 2022Plants & Animals
Sharks play crucial roles in marine ecosystems. As predators, they loom large at the top of many marine food chains and ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 30, 2021Earth & The Environment
Fishing gear is the most prevalent pollution in the oceans. It makes up nearly 50% of the floating garbage in the Great ...Written By: Samantha LottDEC 21, 2021Immunology
Sharks are incredibly hardy creatures—they've survived in marine ecosystems, often unchallenged predators, for ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 08, 2021Plants & Animals
For many years, researchers took notice of weirdly shaped bite marks in marine animals like dolphins, whales, sea turtle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists java turned their attention to small antibodies that are produced by animals like sharks, ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.Written By: Anne MedinaJUN 28, 2021Plants & Animals
Coelacanths are humungous, ancient fish that were first discovered in 1938. Researchers have now found that they could l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science reports on the discovery of a massive shark die-off - nearly 19 million ye ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 01, 2021Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2021Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology ...Written By: Anne MedinaAPR 07, 2021Plants & Animals
Parasites abound throughout the natural world. While not all of them cause the host's death, this newly discovered p ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
What will be the future of sharks? These animals that have been around for 450 million years are in danger, threatened b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 07, 2020Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry, researchers report on the development of an applicatio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In a first, researchers have officially documented that the broadnose sevengill shark, and the soupfin shark, which is c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2023
Plants & Animals
Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 02, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study provides evidence against the longstanding belief that imposing fishing bans in large areas of the ocean
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
APR 14, 2023
Plants & Animals
As a highly vulnerable marine animal, conservation efforts are key to protect a range of shark species. However, gatheri
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 16, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
A new paper in Nature Partner Journals Vaccines sets the path for non-shark-based vaccines. Thanks to research
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 06, 2023
Plants & Animals
Shark fins have been a popular animal product traded around the world. In certain Asian countries, for example, shark fi
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 02, 2022
Plants & Animals
Newly discovered fossil fish in China suggest an earlier origin for the evolution of jaws
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by the Uni
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In 2020, when I was still working at a small natural history museum in Hot Springs, South Dakota, I started to hear whis
...
Written By:
Timothy James
MAR 06, 2022
Plants & Animals
Sharks play crucial roles in marine ecosystems. As predators, they loom large at the top of many marine food chains and
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 30, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Fishing gear is the most prevalent pollution in the oceans. It makes up nearly 50% of the floating garbage in the Great
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
DEC 21, 2021
Immunology
Sharks are incredibly hardy creatures—they've survived in marine ecosystems, often unchallenged predators, for
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 08, 2021
Plants & Animals
For many years, researchers took notice of weirdly shaped bite marks in marine animals like dolphins, whales, sea turtle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists java turned their attention to small antibodies that are produced by animals like sharks, ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are warm-blooded, and new research helps explain why.
Written By:
Anne Medina
JUN 28, 2021
Plants & Animals
Coelacanths are humungous, ancient fish that were first discovered in 1938. Researchers have now found that they could l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science reports on the discovery of a massive shark die-off - nearly 19 million ye
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
Plastic pollution, from the great pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
APR 07, 2021
Plants & Animals
Parasites abound throughout the natural world. While not all of them cause the host's death, this newly discovered p
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
What will be the future of sharks? These animals that have been around for 450 million years are in danger, threatened b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry, researchers report on the development of an applicatio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan