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A 'big book' documenting Cameroon's sharks & rays fills critical conservation gap

To his fishing peers, Ojah Alfred, 45, is a fisher like they are. But to Cameroon’s scientific community, he is also a ...
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The 23 Best Shark Books of All Time

Here are 23 of the best books of all time about sharks. It’s Shark Week on the Discovery channel starting July 7 and hosted by John Cena. So what better time to dive into some books about the monsters ...
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Against previous assumptions: Shark and ray diversity is declining, not increasing

A team of international researchers led by the University of Vienna investigated the development of shark and ray biodiversity over the past 100 million years. Their surprising results show a ...
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First-Ever Documented Reports Of Galapagos Sharks Using Manta Rays As Mobile Cleaning Stations

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Forbes

Governments Face Last Chance To Prevent Extinction Of Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, And More

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Sharks and rays are not just charismatic ocean creatures that grace the ...
Forbes

Central And South American Pacific Sharks Face A Conservation Crisis

Over a third of shark, ray, and chimaera species are threatened with extinction, with overfishing driving declines. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of our best conservation tools, but many in ...
Mongabay

Critical shark and ray habitats in Western Indian Ocean largely unprotected: Study

Almost half of the Western Indian Ocean’s shark and ray populations are considered threatened with extinction, as populations decline. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) project has mapped out ...