sharks & rays
Diving with Oceanic Whitetips
The glorious oceanic whitetip sharks spend a lot of time in shallow water, tend to swim slowly and are very curious. All of these mean that divers can get superb closeup view of them....
99.8% of shark fins come from Indo-Pacific: conservation efforts in Atlantic Ocean are working
Wildlife tourism including white shark cage-diving is growing in popularity, but these industries remain highly contentious amongst divers, conservationists and scientists alike. New tool helps judge the impact.
This Autumn the Shark Trust are hosting Sharks International 2022. In other years you would have had to attend this scientific symposium in person, but this year it's different.
It is the first time...
Take part in the Shark Trust's community science project and to help gather vital information about global shark distribution. During the last week in July 2022 they want buddy pairs, dive centres, clubs and boats to record...
Divers go to Guadalupe to see great white sharks, but this year the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas closed the reserve to shark cage diving and other recreational activities from May until the end of December.
Guadalupe island, 241 kilometers off the west coast of Baja California, is famous for its great white sharks. But last week the Mexican government banned diving there.
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Guadalupe Island still open to divers, in spite of the Mexican government, but for how long? Why banning dive boats could be disastrous for the sharks.
One of the extraordinary things about bull sharks is that they are as happy in freshwater as they are in the sea. They have even been seen far inland up the Mississippi river. Many spend time in...
Wikipedia defines The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) as a slow-moving, filter feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft)
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