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Remember when Sharknado blew through everyone’s homes a couple months ago? All those sharks had to be buried somewhere, right? But you would’ve thought they’d build the box big enough to actually hold a shark. All kidding aside, the shark c
Paul Clerkin, a shark ecology graduate student at California’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, has been spending the last couple of months on a deep-sea trawling vessel in the Indian Ocean to see if the ship’s nets might pull up anything
A man named Luke Tipple, marine biologist most recognizably known for his work on the Discovery Channel, attached a laser beam to a shark. It was temporary. The laser was the lowest powered model produced by Wicked Lasers, which promoted th
“While wobbegongs eating sharks has been recorded before from stomach contents, this is the first time it has been photographed in action.” [NewScientist]
This is a water hazard I can get behind. [io9 via Sky News and YouTube]
The recent floods in Australia have provided new hunting ground for bull sharks. Recently, two bull sharks have been spotted swimming past the McDonald’s restaurant in Goodna. “It’s definitely a first for Goodna, to have a shark in the main
Along the west coast of Florida, fisherman have been swapping stories for years about a monster hammerhead shark that goes by the name of “Old Hitler”. He is said to be between 20 and 25 feet long and lurks in the waters of the Gulf of Mexi
We now know when sharks are most likely to tear us apart. Shark attacks are most likely to occur on Sunday in less than 6 feet of water during a new moon, a new study finds. And there’s good reason: That’s when a lot of surfers are in the w
What’s worse than a brutal killing machine with no remorse? An invisible brutal killing machine with no remorse. A new study claims that ten percent off all sharks are “luminous,” meaning they produce a light which combined with normal wate