“People used to think I was crazy,” says Lonu Ahmed. “Even my mum thought I was insane. Fishermen used to beg me not to dive…
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A drop in the ocean: rewilding the seas
Kneeling on the seabed a few metres underwater, I pick up a clam and begin gently cleaning its furrowed, porcelain smile with a toothbrush. It’s…
View More A drop in the ocean: rewilding the seasSharks use Earth’s magnetic field as ‘GPS’ guidance system, study says
Scientists in Florida have concluded that sharks possess an internal navigation system similar to GPS that allows them to use Earth’s magnetic forces to travel…
View More Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as ‘GPS’ guidance system, study saysBelow the surface: reports of rising shark attacks don’t tell the whole story
Call it pessimism or a remarkable sixth sense, but Chantelle Doyle always had a feeling that a shark was going to bite her one day…
View More Below the surface: reports of rising shark attacks don’t tell the whole storySharks ‘critical’ to restoring damaged ecosystems, finds study
Sharks are critical in helping ecosystems recover from extreme climatic events, according to a new study. The conclusions came after scientists were able to determine…
View More Sharks ‘critical’ to restoring damaged ecosystems, finds study‘Giant luminous shark’: researchers discover three deep-sea sharks glow in the dark
Scientists studying sharks off New Zealand have discovered that three deep-sea species glow in the dark – including one that is now the largest-known luminous…
View More ‘Giant luminous shark’: researchers discover three deep-sea sharks glow in the darkGlobal shark and ray population crashed more than 70% in past 50 years – study
The global population of sharks and rays has crashed by more than 70% in the past 50 years, researchers have determined for the first time,…
View More Global shark and ray population crashed more than 70% in past 50 years – studyBaby shark! Newborn megalodons larger than humans, scientists say
Enormous megatooth sharks, or megalodons, which patrolled the world’s oceans more than three million years ago, gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans,…
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