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Shark Fin Genetics

Dr. Demian Chapman of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at New York’s...

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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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Rethink the Shark

Sharks have a long and impressive lineage.  Ancient sharks were cruising the...

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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

Dr. Mahmood Shivji explains how shark DNA is used as evidence to prosecute shark...

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Great White Shark

Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400...

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Bycatch Raining Down From Above

Guitarfish, rays, and other bycatch are tossed from a shrimp boat in La Paz, Mexico...

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Dr. Mahmood Shivji

Dr. Mahmood Shivji of the Guy Harvey Research Institute and Save Our Seas Shark...

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Sharks caught in nets

Shark nets are trapping and killing dozens of sharks off the coast of South Africa....

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Dead Great White Shark

By-catch, illegal fishing, sport fishing, loss of prey and habitat and shark nets...

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FORENSIC FINS: Using DNA to Prosecute Shark Poachers

It's illegal to hunt threatened species such as the Dusky shark, but still tens of...

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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...

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Seafood for Thought

Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...