SharkScience
@sharkscience.bsky.social
Cape Canaveral Scientific: not-for-profit Marine Biological & Ecological Research - sharks, other fishes, & ocean ecosystems.
Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi
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December 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Beneath the surface: a deep dive into the behaviour and interactions of elasmobranchs in a tropical South Atlantic archipelago 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Beneath the surface: a deep dive into the behaviour and interactions of elasmobranchs in a tropical South Atlantic archipelago - Environmental Biology of Fishes
Sharks and rays face significant population declines due to overfishing, habitat degradation, and climate change. Their behavioural patterns, such as feeding, territoriality, and interactions with oth...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Beneath the surface: a deep dive into the behaviour and interactions of elasmobranchs in a tropical South Atlantic archipelago 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Defensive responses of titan triggerfish to tiger sharks at a provisioned reef 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Defensive responses of titan triggerfish to tiger sharks at a provisioned reef 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep-sea and deeply vulnerable: assessing the conservation status of the kitefin shark (Dalatias licha) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Deep-sea and deeply vulnerable: assessing the conservation status of the kitefin shark (Dalatias licha) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
Relative role of operational patterns and environmental conditions on cookie cutter shark damage in the Hawai‘i longline fishery @meps-ir.bsky.social 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Relative role of operational patterns and environmental conditions on cookie cutter shark damage in the Hawai‘i longline fishery @meps-ir.bsky.social 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
From hormones to habitat: A new framework for assessing maturity in the Central-Eastern Mediterranean blue shark (Prionace glauca) population 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
From hormones to habitat: A new framework for assessing maturity in the Central-Eastern Mediterranean blue shark (Prionace glauca) population 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
Age and growth of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna, in the western North Atlantic Ocean 🦑🧪🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Age and growth of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna, in the western North Atlantic Ocean - Environmental Biology of Fishes
The age and growth of the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna, was investigated throughout its range in coastal waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean off the United States. A total of 769 vert...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Age and growth of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna, in the western North Atlantic Ocean 🦑🧪🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assessing tourism compliance challenges at one of the largest whale shark aggregation sites in the world 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Assessing tourism compliance challenges at one of the largest whale shark aggregation sites in the world
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) tourism is a growing industry, particularly at “El Azul” off the Yucatán coast of Mexico, one of the largest known whale shark aggregation sites. Using aerial video fo...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Assessing tourism compliance challenges at one of the largest whale shark aggregation sites in the world 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A comprehensive reassessment of the reproductive output of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A comprehensive reassessment of the reproductive output of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti) - Hydrobiologia
This study estimated the reproductive output of the Mustelus schmitti shark in relation to female body size. Maturity and first maternity ogives, litter size, and follicular and embryonic growth dynam...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A comprehensive reassessment of the reproductive output of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
‘Enormous’ Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) - Indian River Lagoon, Florida. 🦑🦈🐟
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
‘Enormous’ Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) - Indian River Lagoon, Florida. 🦑🦈🐟
Pathology of stranded blue sharks (Prionace glauca) impaled by swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Pathology of stranded blue sharks (Prionace glauca) impaled by swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Network analysis of decadal acoustic detections reveals diverse movement behavior in a large marine predator (Carcharhinus leucas) - Bull Shark 🦑🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Network analysis of decadal acoustic detections reveals diverse movement behavior in a large marine predator (Carcharhinus leucas) - Bull Shark 🦑🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific 🦑🌿🐟🦈 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) support globally distinct reef fish populations, which exhibit differences between the remote oceanic islands and continental coast....
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November 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Relative abundance and diversity of sharks and predatory fishes across Marine Protected Areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific 🦑🌿🐟🦈 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Mysterious deepwater sharks, killed to make cosmetics, are granted new trade protections in ‘watershed moment’ 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.cnn.com/science/deep...
Mysterious deepwater sharks, killed to make cosmetics, are granted new trade protections in ‘watershed moment’ | CNN
A proposal to regulate international trade of gulper sharks could help to save the species.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mysterious deepwater sharks, killed to make cosmetics, are granted new trade protections in ‘watershed moment’ 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.cnn.com/science/deep...
Microplastic existence in two feeding zones of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gulf of California, Mexico 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Microplastic existence in two feeding zones of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gulf of California, Mexico 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pelagic sharks target long‐lived, retentive anticyclonic eddies in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean - Limnology and Oceanography 🦑🧪🐟🦈 aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Pelagic sharks target long‐lived, retentive anticyclonic eddies in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Open ocean ecosystems represent the largest habitat on Earth and are highly dynamic in time and space. Mesoscale eddies are a primary driver of this variability and serve a key structural role in oce....
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November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Pelagic sharks target long‐lived, retentive anticyclonic eddies in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean - Limnology and Oceanography 🦑🧪🐟🦈 aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Elevated sea surface temperatures drive greater seasonal depth use in a baited aggregation of silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Elevated sea surface temperatures drive greater seasonal depth use in a baited aggregation of silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
Unveiling the species in shark-based pet snack products with an overview of e-commerce trends 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Unveiling the species in shark-based pet snack products with an overview of e-commerce trends 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade
Survey uncovers widespread illegal shark fin trade despite nearly a decade of international regulation.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
FWC classifies Carolina hammerhead as a prohibited species 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLF...
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
FWC classifies Carolina hammerhead as a prohibited species 🦑🌿🌎🐟🦈 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLF...
Composition and conservation status of rays sold in Baja California Sur, Mexico 🦑🌿🐟🦈 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Composition and conservation status of rays sold in Baja California Sur, Mexico 🦑🌿🐟🦈 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Early gigantic lamniform marks the onset of mega-body size in modern shark evolution 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Early gigantic lamniform marks the onset of mega-body size in modern shark evolution - Communications Biology
The earliest appearance of mega-body size in sharks is pushed back by 15 million years with the discovery of new fossils from Northern Australia. Using a comprehensive dataset of living sharks to esti...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Early gigantic lamniform marks the onset of mega-body size in modern shark evolution 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
First insights into the fine-scale vertical movements of a Carolina hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti, and a hybrid between Carolina and scalloped hammerhead 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
First insights into the fine-scale vertical movements of a Carolina hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti, and a hybrid between Carolina and scalloped hammerhead 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Shark and ray meat sold for human consumption contains toxic metal concentrations above safe limits with concentrations varying by species and habitat 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Shark and ray meat sold for human consumption contains toxic metal concentrations above safe limits with concentrations varying by species and habitat
Due to the high trophic positions sharks and rays occupy as apex predators, they are known to biomagnify toxic metals. This is problematic because sha…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Shark and ray meat sold for human consumption contains toxic metal concentrations above safe limits with concentrations varying by species and habitat 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...