Sharks with Laser Beams?
Well, there may be no Dr. Evil, but apparently some Egyptian officials think Mossad is close to him. This past month, the Egpytian resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh saw a string of unusual shark attacks....
View ArticleShark Attack Victims Push for Shark Protections
I thought this was a really effective media event for promoting shark conservation. Check out the video, it really just blew me away. Click here…I would embed this, but apparently SkyNews is not...
View ArticleShark Conservation, an Uphill Battle
A new report by TRAFFIC has been released called The Future of Sharks: A Review of Action and Inaction. It provides a great example of how countries agree to one thing, and then pretty much do the...
View ArticleTracking Whale Sharks With Astronomical Algorithms
Just last week I found a terrific Wired Magazine article on the new science of tracking whale sharks. As the article puts it: With the help of algorithms designed to guide the Hubble telescope’s...
View ArticleInvestigating the Sharkfin Industry
Pretty great: Gordon Ramsay’s new show investigating sharkfinning. In the first few minutes Ramsay tastes sharkfin soup to tell us that the fin adds nothing, and then interviews consumers who explain...
View ArticleThe Peculiar Whale Sharks of Indonesia
©Michael Aw/National Geographic The October issue of National Geographic magazine (on newsstands Sept. 27) will feature a spectacular photo gallery of whale sharks acting rather peculiarly: they are...
View ArticleAnother Industrial Shark Fishing Vessel is Apprehended in Galapagos
Back in July, much attention was directed to the Galapagos as a vessel was caught transporting illegal shark fins. Now Sea Shepherd reports that another vessel has been caught. The Ecuadorian Navy...
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