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A new species of sawtail catshark, Galeus friedrichi n. sp., is described from the Philippines!

Article: https://t.co/CTWPpwXFvN

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2022-12-04

Day 19!



“Bacterial Communities in Multiple Tissues Across the Body Surface of Three Coastal Shark Species”

Image from study (Blacktip shark animation from Wikimedia commons,
bull and tiger animations by Kelly Quinn).

https://t.co/TWEOyb00dg

3 9
2021-12-19

A field investigation into Taiwan’s fin industry between December 2020 - March 2021 found evidence of fins from endangered species being openly offered for sale: https://t.co/FfEGpFnXSR

9 20
2021-12-07



“Genomic Assessment of Global Population Structure in a Highly Migratory and Habitat Versatile Apex Predator, the Tiger Shark”

Infographic by Nicola Poulos | © Save Our Seas Foundation

Full article: https://t.co/LhuwUEWJjJ

3 6
2021-10-03



“Armored eyes of the whale shark”

A 2020 study in PLoS ONE has discovered that whale sharks have toothlike scales, called dermal denticles, on their eyeballs.

Figure from article

Full article: https://t.co/G0uppRDvHR

3 8
2021-09-06

The need to consider local fisher vulnerability in planning. New from and others. Another product of the project supported by
https://t.co/1ufdtPEj5k

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2020-04-28

New from using fatty acids to understand trophic linkages in reef and other reef mesopredators.
https://t.co/0C2FJGxsI0

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2019-12-14

deepsea triangle
I would fly you like a kite
please explain your face

Caribbean Roughshark (Oxynotus caribbaeus), Data Deficient requested by

📸 and for Sharks of the World

11 22
2019-12-09

Finished our 2019 sampling today: caught, tagged, and released 20 bonnetheads, 9 blacktips, and this juvenile bull shark we sent off with a 10-year tracking transmitter!!

7 16
2019-10-15

LESS THAN 12 hours!! TONIGHT on watch "Great White Kill Zone: Guadalupe" at 9 p.m. ET/PT. , & I go to Guadalupe island to study great white Find out what we uncover.

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2019-08-01

Scientists have described the feeding preferences of Cookie Cutter from the menu of cetaceans in Martinique https://t.co/tLCykyOjcA

4 8
2018-01-31

Note the near absence of evolutionary distinct species in the Americas... As for birds and Primates, there seems to be and underwater 'Old World' vs. "New World' for sharks and rays!

https://t.co/HHI55pYSsU

7 4
2018-01-20

Mating behaviour of Scalloped Hammerhead observed for the first time https://t.co/A9PKel3x5l

13 20
2017-09-16

Personal research project comparing shark brains
by https://t.co/QGAqg8QFpi

10 14
2016-03-03

What a fantastic day. 7 different sharks ID'd, 2 males tagged. Here's 1 of them, tag at base of dorsal

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2016-02-24