A kayaker took this incredible close-up video of a basking shark off the...
Basking sharks can be identified by their huge subterminal mouths. An intrepid man recently captured close-up, underwater footage of a basking shark that he encountered whilst kayaking off the west...
View ArticleBasking sharks spotted off Co Clare coast
A wildlife conservationist has described the sight of up to 20 basking sharks feeding off the Co Clare coast as "incredible". ...
View ArticleGreat White Shark Attacks Smaller Shark Caught By Fisherman
A kayaker from southern California recently recorded an unusual close encounter with a young great white shark, documenting the predator as it moved in to take a bite out of his catch. Fisherman Bill...
View ArticleHouston Restaurants That Serve Gulf And Other Domestic Seafood—And Why You...
A A Facebook0 Twitter0 More shares recommend reddit email 0 0 It would seem logical that because of higher transportation costs, imported fish and shrimp would be more costly than local. As with many...
View ArticleEndangered sawfish return to UAE waters
ABU DHABI // Dr Rima Jabado, a fisheries scientist at Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, asked a lot of people she met over the past year the same question: "Do you know what a sawfish looks like?"...
View ArticleExperts: Bull shark bites rare, but dangerous in Florida
It rarely happens, but when bull sharks do bite, they cause the most serious injuries of any shark species, experts say. It did happen Wednesday, when a 31-year-old spearfisherman dove 60 feet into the...
View Article3.5-metre 'bull shark' caught off NSW South Coast
A large shark has been brought ashore in Wollongong, three days after a surfer was attacked in waters off Kiama, on the NSW South Coast. Fishermen offloaded the shark near the Austinmer boat ramp on...
View ArticleScary Video Shows Kayaker’s Extremely Close Encounter With Basking Shark [Video]
Not many people think of the basking shark when they imagine the dangers of the deep, but a video recently uploaded by a brave kayaker may add that sea creature to your list of ocean fears. In the clip...
View Article‘Alien Fish’ Caught Off Cabo San Lucas Was Rare Albino Swell Shark, Experts...
A bizarre-looking “alien fish” was caught in waters off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, earlier this week. Images of the mysterious, bulbous, white and pink-colored fish reeled from the depths on...
View ArticleExtremely Rare 'Megamouth' Shark Caught In Japan (Photos)
An extremely rare "Megamouth" shark has been caught by Japanese fisherman. The deepwater shark, known as "megamouth" for its use of its massive mouth to catch food while swimming, was caught in fishing...
View ArticleOne Bites Diver, One Gets Caught By NFL Star
Bull shark encounters happened to a spearfishing diver and a National Football League star in separate incidents recently in Palm Beach County waters. Spearfishing diver Kyle Senkowicz was savaged by a...
View ArticleThe hunt to save the world's biggest fish
(CNN)As it turns out, whale sharks -- the biggest fish in the seas -- are gluttons for crabs. So, find a spot rich in crustaceans, and these beasts will surely follow, which is why Djibouti's coast has...
View ArticleOhio State University researchers pick their favorite specimens
It's no secret that we love the Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity. This nondescript building on Kinnear Road houses millions of fossils, skeletons and preserved specimens of insects,...
View ArticleMinistry demands return of fishermen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged the Japanese government to immediately release a Taiwanese fishing boat seized in disputed waters near the Okinotori atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier...
View ArticleGigantic 5 million-year-old whale tooth found in Australia
--> Australian fossil enthusiast, Erich Fitzgerald has stumbled on a huge, five-million-year-old whale tooth on a Melbourne beach, providing the first evidence of the now extinct killer sperm whale...
View ArticleHard to spot, harder to preserve
Endangered Despite various measures deployed in the recent years to protect yellow-eyed penguins, the outlook remains bleak. Marcel Haenen throws light on the present status of this rare bird species...
View Article5 Crucial Steps for Ocean Health (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) This week marks the 40th anniversary of the primary law that governs fishing in U.S. ocean waters: the Magnuson-Stevens Act. In 1976, Senators Warren Magnuson (D-WA)...
View ArticleJapan earthquake: 7.1 tremor hits south of country – 24 hours after nine died...
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region and killed nine people. Japanese broadcaster...
View ArticleDead Whale Appears In Southern California, Watch Live On Trestles Surf Cam,...
Tragically, a dead whale has washed up on the shore at popular Southern California surf spot, Trestles, in San Clemente, according to STAB Magazine. The appearance of the dead whale, thought to be a...
View ArticleTaiwan fishermen protest Japan's seizure of boat
Click photo to enlarge In protest of the Japanese coast guard recently detaining a Taiwanese fishing boat, fishermen hurl eggs outside of the Japan representative office in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday,...
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