Tag: Sharks
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Shocking! Thousands of Mutilated Shark Fins Drying on Hong Kong Rooftops
Tens of millions of sharks are mutilated and left to die slowly each year so that some affluent people in Asia can each soup. This has to stop.
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Europe Strengthens Shark Finning Ban
An important loophole closes as the EU Parliament votes to end special fishing permits allowing shark fins and bodies to be landed separately.
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Can Shark Finning Ever Be Certified Sustainable?
Probably not, but that's not stopping the Western Australia Fisheries Minister from trying to make it so.
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Costa Rica Fully Bans Shark Fin Trade
Though shark finning itself had already been banned, transportation and import of shark fins had not been.
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Sharks Learn New Skills From Other More Successful Sharks
For the first time in cartilagenous fish social learning has been demonstrated.
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Three Lessons About The Reality of Shark Bites
What we've learned from this summer of shark news includes these take-aways about shark bites as a math problem and a media problem.
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Surfing Robot Tracks Great White Sharks, You Can Follow Along with Your iPhone
The wave-powered robot is helping researchers to better understand shark behavior and connecting the public with the threatened predators.
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The Most Jawsome Photos, Videos, News and More from Shark Week
We've pooled the coolest stuff for you to peruse as Shark Week winds down to a close.
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Student's Research Project Uncovers 8 New Species of Sharks
"They don’t look like the classic great whites you'll see on Shark Week," said the 27-year-old grad student. "I think they're more interesting."
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7 Most Helpful Things Being Done to Save Sharks Today
One third of all shark species face extinction, and an estimated 73 million sharks are killed each year for their fins, but thanks to these shark conservation efforts, there may be some hope in the future for these magnificent fish.
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10 Amazing but Endangered Shark Species: How Many Do You Know?
It is estimated that up to 100 million sharks are killed by people every year, due to commercial and recreational fishing. Meanwhile, the average number of fatalities worldwide per year between 2001 and 2006 from unprovoked shark attacks is 4.3.
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How The Movie Jaws Vilified Sharks, Inspired Scientists, and Changed The World
A new Shark Week show explores how the blockbuster hit Jaws changed the world's oceans forever.
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Shark Fight! Survivors of Attacks Battle For Protection of Sharks
While humans have a fear of sharks, it's the sharks who should be more fearful of us. Forgiving their attackers, some survivors are becoming sharks' most powerful allies.
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Toms Shark Shoes Help Protect Them
Proceeds from the vegan-friendly Shark Shoes will go toward protecting sharks and their marine environments.
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Status of the Shark Infographic
This great infographic provides shocking numbers of how many sharks we're killing, why, and what's being done to protect them.
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What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared?
If sharks were wiped off the face of the planet, how would the world change? We are more dependent on this ancient fish than we might think.
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Um, Seriously? Fisherman Hired to Kill 20 Sharks After Attacks
After the eighth attack on surfers by sharks in the last 20 months, people of La Reunion are pretty freaked out. Enough to go on a shark killing spree.
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SHARK! photos? Do you have any? Show us!
In honor of Shark Week, send us your shark photos!
