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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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Ashmore Reef highlights

The sharks and rays of Ashmore Reef in North West Australia visit baited...

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Protecting Sharks: How Nets Hurt

Tom Peschak, a photojournalist with the Save Our Seas Foundation, describes the...

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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...

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Blue-spotted Stingray

The blue-spotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) doesn’t like to be covered in sand...

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The Thrashing Thresher Shark

A thresher shark’s long tail fin helps not only its swimming ability, but also...

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Shark Embryo

Sharks have young in three different ways. After internal fertilization, some...

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Australia's 1.2 Million Mile Marine Reserve

In November 2012, Australia began protecting a huge swath of its ocean from...

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Diver Meets Manta Ray

Manta rays are related to sharks, but have quite a different reputation among...

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X-Ray Image of a Monterey Skate

An X-ray image of a Monterey skate (Raja montereyensis) reveals a spine that...

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Biomimicry Shark Denticles

Great White Sharks are stealthy hunters and the secret is in their skin. Shark skin...

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Is Climate Change Good For Us?

In this activity students are encouraged to consider how climate change could...