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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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SEP 21, 2020Plants & Animals
After a decade of study, scientists have reached the conclusion that female whale sharks are the largest fish in the oce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 18, 2020Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 13, 2020Health & Medicine
According to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at the University of Chicago, nearly 25% of Americans have arthritis ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 23, 2020Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that ocean waters become substantially colder as you venture further beneath the surface; this is b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2020Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
The laws that apply to much of the world’s international waters are out of date – that’s why world lea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are rather renowned for being massive and merciless predators of the ocean, and among their favorite ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2019Plants & Animals
You’d be hard-pressed to find any fish daring enough to voluntarily enter a top predator’s mouth, but that&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 08, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
There are living creatures that can absorb and reemit light, and its a widespread characteristic among marine animals.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 01, 2019Plants & Animals
These young albatrosses must learn the official rules of ‘survival of the fittest.’ Once big enough, they wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that some animals are more deadly than others, and chances are, you’d be able to guess a few ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Getting a blood sample from a massive whale shark can be particularly challenging and would typically require administer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Many shark experts will tell you that shark attacks on humans are exceedingly rare and that sharks hardly want to interf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2019Plants & Animals
Marine scientists were particularly astonished when they learned that only one year after 100 juvenile lemon sharks had ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2019Plants & Animals
The smalleye stingray is the largest-known marine stingray species in the world, and yet we still know so very little ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2019Microbiology
Reports of protein in dinosaur fossils may actually be something more modern, new work suggests.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2019Plants & Animals
Animal caretakers at the New England Aquarium were in for quite the surprise this past Winter after discovering that an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Shark attacks aren’t particularly common, but that doesn’t mean they don’t happen every now and again. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2019Plants & Animals
A plethora of the globe’s marine animals are in trouble, but one of the most notable is that of the Mediterranean ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Biofluorescence is the ability of an animal to absorb certain kinds of light and emit different wavelengths in its place ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascinat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2020
Plants & Animals
After a decade of study, scientists have reached the conclusion that female whale sharks are the largest fish in the oce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks of all sizes are vital to coral reef ecosystems, both as predators and prey. Shark populations have rapidly decli
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 18, 2020
Plants & Animals
Sharks are often viewed as one of the ocean’s top apex predators, but despite this rather prestigious classificati
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 13, 2020
Health & Medicine
According to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at the University of Chicago, nearly 25% of Americans have arthritis
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that ocean waters become substantially colder as you venture further beneath the surface; this is b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The laws that apply to much of the world’s international waters are out of date – that’s why world lea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Great white sharks are rather renowned for being massive and merciless predators of the ocean, and among their favorite
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
You’d be hard-pressed to find any fish daring enough to voluntarily enter a top predator’s mouth, but that&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are living creatures that can absorb and reemit light, and its a widespread characteristic among marine animals.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 01, 2019
Plants & Animals
These young albatrosses must learn the official rules of ‘survival of the fittest.’ Once big enough, they wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that some animals are more deadly than others, and chances are, you’d be able to guess a few
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Getting a blood sample from a massive whale shark can be particularly challenging and would typically require administer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many shark experts will tell you that shark attacks on humans are exceedingly rare and that sharks hardly want to interf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2019
Plants & Animals
Marine scientists were particularly astonished when they learned that only one year after 100 juvenile lemon sharks had
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
The smalleye stingray is the largest-known marine stingray species in the world, and yet we still know so very little ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2019
Microbiology
Reports of protein in dinosaur fossils may actually be something more modern, new work suggests.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal caretakers at the New England Aquarium were in for quite the surprise this past Winter after discovering that an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Shark attacks aren’t particularly common, but that doesn’t mean they don’t happen every now and again.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
A plethora of the globe’s marine animals are in trouble, but one of the most notable is that of the Mediterranean
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Biofluorescence is the ability of an animal to absorb certain kinds of light and emit different wavelengths in its place
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascinat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard