Sep 08 2010

Human Body Parts Found in Tiger Shark’s Stomach

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Photography, Sharks, Travel — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:34 pm
The legs, arms and severed torso of a person were all found inside the stomach of a tiger shark caught by sport fishermen.

Sep 03 2010

Tiger Shark Feeding Frenzy Captured on Video

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:06 pm
More than 100 tiger sharks were filmed preying on a massive school of fish off the east coast of Noosa, Australia.

Aug 23 2010

Photographs Show Oil Spill Affecting Wildlife, Beaches

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Health, Human Behavior, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Pets, Photography — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:14 pm
New photographs taken at Dauphin Island, Alabama, show what appears to be oil, along with chemical dispersants, related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Aug 23 2010

Great White Shark Sightings Have U.S. Lifeguards on Alert

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 6:23 pm
Dozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports.

Aug 19 2010

Mystery of the Missing Ocean Plastic

Tag: Animals, Atlantic Ocean, Barnacles, Chemistry, Environment, Fish, Food Chain, Oceans, Plastic, Recycling, Seas, Waste — Emily Sohn @ 6:00 pm
We’re throwing away more and more plastic. If it’s not ending up in the open Atlantic, where is it going?

Aug 13 2010

Great White Shark Surfer Encounter Captured on Video

Tag: Animals, Fish, Human Behavior, Humans, Marine Life, Media, Oceans, Photography, Sharks, Sports, Video, Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:36 pm
A surfer just captured uncomfortably up close footage of a great white shark, which appears to be one that was tagged in the past by Monterey Bay Aquarium scientists.

Aug 06 2010

Toxic Algae Destroys Shark Brains

Tag: Atlantic Ocean, Fish, Sharks, Tides, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 1:32 pm
Toxic algal blooms can alter shark brains, making them hyperexcited and in some cases, killing the animals, new research shows.

Aug 03 2010

Underwater Oil in Gulf Poses Threats

Tag: Fish, Fishing, Marine Life, NOAA, Oil Spill, Rivers — Eric Niiler @ 4:14 pm
Officials recently declared the Gulf oil spill no longer poses a risk to the East Coast. But marine scientists are worried about the oil we can't see.

Aug 03 2010

Prey Fish Turns Predator

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Climate Change, Current Events, Fish, Invasive Animal Species, Marine Life, Oceans — Teresa Shipley @ 2:56 pm
The bearded goby is eating its jellyfish predators off the coast of Africa.

Aug 02 2010

Sixgill Shark Families Stick Together

Tag: Animals, Fish, Fossils, NOAA, Sharks, Siblings, Wild Animals — Kasey-Dee Gardner @ 6:55 pm
Scientists find out that family is one reason why the prehistoric-looking sixgill shark keeps showing up in Puget Sound.
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