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A screenshot from the video asking what if there were no sharks.
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What If There Were No Sharks?

What would happen if we let our fear of sharks lead people to kill them all? This...
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 09:36
A screenshot from the video showing a map that highlights shark protections around the globe.
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Map of Shark Protections Through Time

Sharks face many threats from people, including extreme overfishing driven by high...
Fri, 07/28/2017 - 09:17
fish swim in a net
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Reducing Bycatch

Bycatch, the name given to fish and other ocean animals that are caught...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:18
a whale's tale caught in fishing gear
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Whale Rescue

When a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 10:50
a hammerhead shark
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Shark Fin Genetics

Dr. Demian Chapman of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at New York’s...
Mon, 10/18/2010 - 16:27
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Protecting Sharks: How Nets Hurt

Tom Peschak, a photojournalist with the Save Our Seas Foundation, describes the...
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 16:20
Screenshot of video "100,000,000 to 000,000,001: Rethink the Shark"
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100,000,000 to 000,000,001: Rethink the Shark

Who should fear whom? Less than ten humans are killed by shark attacks. Yet...
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:19
Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.
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Rethink the Shark

Sharks have a long and impressive lineage.  Ancient sharks were cruising the...
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:17
A screenshot from the video of a shark swimming underwater.
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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

Dr. Mahmood Shivji explains how shark DNA is used as evidence to prosecute shark...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 13:14
A screen shot from video "From Despair to Repair" showing a black and white image of a coral reef in 1975.
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From Despair to Repair

Sit down with two veteran marine scientists, Dr. Nancy Knowlton and Dr. Jeremy...
Tue, 07/01/2014 - 12:59

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