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Living Manta Ray Hybrid found in the Red Sea
Published on 26 Oct, 2013 at 21:28 in Research | Viewed 630 views times | No Comments
News Release The Cousteau Society 22. October 2013 ———————- LIVING MANTA RAY HYBRID FOUND IN THE SUDANESE RED SEA – FIRST RECORD IN THE WORLD! The first hybrid Manta ray has been identified off the Red Sea coast of Sudan following a pioneering research trip in late 2012 carried out by scientists from The Cousteau
Securing the future for Australia’s sharks
Published on 1 Oct, 2013 at 3:32 in Research | Viewed 263 views times | No Comments
News Release James Cook University First published September 27, 2013 —————————- Researchers from James Cook University are leading a new project designed to ensure sustainable use and conservation of Australia’s sharks and rays. Funded by the Australian Government’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation the project will provide a report card on the status of all
Shark antibodies could provide key to targeting breast cancer
Published on 26 Sep, 2013 at 8:49 in Research | Viewed 616 views times | No Comments
News Release University of Aberdeen 26. September 2013 Aberdeen scientists are investigating if antibodies found naturally in sharks could be used to target breast cancer. AICR, the Scottish cancer research charity, has awarded biologists from the University of Aberdeen a grant of over £200,000 to analyse if IgNAR – a special antibody found only in
New project may give insights into the evolution of human teeth
Published on 21 Sep, 2013 at 3:23 in Research | Viewed 434 views times | No Comments
Press Release Natural Environment Research Council 20. September 2013 ————————— NERC has agreed to fund a project worth nearly £680k to investigate how teeth evolved in our earliest ancestors. The three-year project could give researchers a new insight into the evolution and development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth – called dentition. It
Sharks increase reef resilience
Published on 19 Sep, 2013 at 12:55 in Research | Viewed 376 views times | No Comments
Media Release The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) 18. September 2013 —————————- Healthy shark populations may aid the recovery of coral reefs whose futures are threatened throughout the globe, according to a new study from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The link has been found by long-term monitoring of reefs off Australia’s
Newly discovered tiger shark migration pattern might explain attacks near Hawaii
The migration of mature female tiger sharks during late summer and fall to the main Hawaiian Islands, presumably to give birth, could provide insight into attacks in that area, according to a University of Florida scientist.
Secret life of shy skates investigated in world-first study
Published on 29 Aug, 2013 at 13:02 in Research | Viewed 742 views times | No Comments
News Release University of Tasmania, Australia 26. August 2013 ———————– The first major study into the elusive Maugean skate is being undertaken by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) The Maugean skate is known from only two localities, Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour in western Tasmania and because of this
Gillnet Fishing has ‘Modest’ Impact on Young Great White Sharks in Southern California
Published on 27 Aug, 2013 at 4:00 in Research | Viewed 532 views times | No Comments
News Release California State University Long Beach 26. August 2013 ———————– CSULB-Led Study Concludes Gillnet Fishing has ‘Modest’ Impact on Young Great White Sharks in Southern California By Anne Ambrose Commercial gillnet fishing in Southern California’s coastal waters “modestly” affects young great white sharks, and the survival rate for sharks that are accidentally caught in gillnets
Largest-Ever Study of the World’s Largest Fish
The largest-ever scientific study of whale sharks — the world’s biggest fish — was published in the journal PLOS ONE Wednesday, Aug. 21 by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and collaborators from Mexico. The study reveals the sharks’ international journeys and their relationship to the largest whale shark feeding hotspot known to science.
Scientists circle the Great White
Published on 16 Aug, 2013 at 2:51 in Research | Viewed 541 views times | No Comments
News Release University of Technology Sydney 14. August 2013 ———————– In summary: Sharks play a key role in the ocean’s ecology but populations are at risk from fishing and other factor Researchers are learning more about the predator by tagging and monitoring sharks at a nursery on Australia’s east coast It is hard to think