ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEUCSB researchers and colleagues conducted an eight-year-long study of a healthy shark population. A team of scientists investigated the size of an unfished community of reef sharks which will help in getting the clear picture of the shark population.
Scientists figured out Britain's basking sharks swim south during winter months to get some sun. Scientists used satellite data to track the movement of basking sharks.
A rare sea creature found off the coast of Australia in January has finally made its way to the Australian Museum for study. The creature, a rare goblin shark often referred to as an "alien of the deep" was originally found off the coast of Australia by a fishermen that has since donated it to the museum.
Thresher sharks are among the open ocean's most interesting predators, using their elongated tails to herd and stun schools of fish. And now, for the first time, a mother pelagic thresher shark was caught on camera giving birth off the Philippine coast.
Despite continued threats of extinction to a variety of species, life has once again proven it won't give up without a fight thanks to new births from several endangered species this week. These new births have thrilled conservation ecologists across the world that work tirelessly to protect these species.