How paleontologists are using fossilized shark teeth to date the past
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...
Shark Bites Plummeted in 2024 – Experts Reveal What’s Behind the Drop
Shark bites reached a surprising low in 2024, with only 47 unprovoked incidents worldwide, significantly below the 10-year ...
How a student's teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada
Louis-Philippe Bateman's fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada's geological ...
Nightmarish ‘black seadevil’ spotted by scientists swimming in shallow waters
According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
'Largest great white shark ever' found in the Atlantic
Ocean researchers have found the largest male great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic. The shark, named Contender, ...
Newly tagged great white shark pings close to Florida beach. Here's where and what to know
There are no commercial fisheries for white sharks, but they are occasionally caught as bycatch. Region: Alaska, New ...
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Sharks and rays benefit from global warming - but not from CO2 in the Oceans
Fossilised shark and ray teeth were used to determine the species diversity for each age and compared with the climate data ...
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Fossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
Our study was one of the first to date Florida coastal deposits using fossil shark teeth and a technique that looks at variations in ocean strontium. Strontium is a chemical element that occurs ...