January 15th, 2012

Fatal Shark Attack in South Africa

Fatal Shark Attack in South Africa

East Cape surfer killed by shark Johannesburg - A 25-year-old man was killed by a shark at Port St Johns Second beach on Sunday, the Eastern Cape health department said.

Thresher Shark in Adriatic Sea

Two new species of deep-sea skates

Two new species of deep-sea skates

Published on 10. January 2012 Two new softnose skates of the genus Brochiraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the deepwater slopes and banks of the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific) Peter R. Last and Bernard Séret ABSTRACT: Two new species of the softnose skate genus Brochiraja are described based on material collected from the Norfolk Ridge in the