In the sixth mass extinction, the so-called "Anthropocene extinction", species are disappearing much faster than would happen "naturally" - namely ...

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In a groundbreaking achievement for marine research, OCEARCH has tagged its largest male great white shark to date, named 'Contender,' off the Florida-Georgia border.

OCEARCH researchers are tracking what might be the largest male white shark ever tagged, with recent signals coming from ...

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and climate change and overfishing reducing food availability. “Whale sharks are slow growing and they have low levels of reproduction, so it takes a while for their populations to recover ...

A colossal, 1,600-pound great white shark, the largest male tagged by OCEARCH, has surfaced off Florida's East Coast. The 13-foot, 9-inch shark, nicknamed Contender by the OCEARCH scientists who ...