Source: Mashable
Author: Mark Kaufman
Dean Grubbs thinks great white sharks are boring.
The veteran shark scientist, who has researched different shark species for 30 years, is vastly more intrigued by the little-seen dominant predator of the deep, dark, tropical and temperate oceans: the sixgill shark (most sharks have five gills).
Continue reading Most dominant shark of the deep sea tagged at depth for the first time
Source: National Geographic
Author: Haley Cohen Gilliland
As the team lowered Nadir, a bulbous three-seat submarine, into the waters off of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera on June 29th, the rain that had pummeled them that afternoon began to wane. They were eager to interpret the improving weather as a good omen; a lot was riding on this dive.
Continue reading Scientists tag deep-sea shark hundreds of feet underwater—a first
Source: Forbes
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Another week, another new shark species! While many can believe that scientists find new species in the ocean, swimming around freely… that isn’t always the case. In fact, it is rarely the case. The place where most researchers find new species is in fish markets.
Continue reading New Species of Deep Sea Shark Found in Fish Market
Source: Forbes
Author: Melissa Cristina Márquez
It’s a girl! It’s a boy! It’s a new shark species!
Continue reading Lighting The Way For A New Lanternshark Species
Source: Hakai Magazine
Author: Richard Kemeny
Tracking data shows a great white shark diving deep into the open ocean.
Continue reading The Deep-Sea Adventures of Lydia the Great White Shark
Source: The Irish Times
Author: Michael Viney
There are many strange-shaped sharks in the world, but a big fish native to big sandy bays on Ireland’s west coast is among the least shark-like of all.
Source: National Geographic
Author: Elaina Zachos
Sharks are a mysterious, understudied group of animals. Sometimes, our fear of them prevents us from getting too close. Other times, the ocean dwellers are simply out of reach, since some species live in extreme depths thousands of feet below the surface.
Continue reading New Species of Shark Discovered in Deep Sea
Source: Daily Telegraph
Authors: Geoffrey Lean & Louise Gray
Every year six million deep sea sharks are killed for squalene, including endangered species like the gulper shark and Portuguese dogfish.
Continue reading Hay Festival 2013: Supermodel Lily Cole: Ban cruel shark liver from make up
Source: Science on NCB News
Author: Andrea Mustain
A two-month fishing expedition to the Indian Ocean has turned up hundreds of strange deep-sea sharks, and several are likely new to science.
Continue reading Fishing venture turns up all kinds of weird deep-sea sharks
Deep-water sharks join the ranks of species facing extinction, together with polar bears and the hippopotamus, listed on the World Conservation Union’s 2006 Red List of Threatened Species. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List, released on 2 May 2006 in Switzerland, is the world’s most authoritative inventory of the conservation status of animals and plants.
Continue reading Deep-water sharks, polar bears and hippopotamus face extinction
