Kingfish adapt to shark tourism
One of South Australia’s most popular game fish, yellowtail kingfish, have become a side attraction for tourists diving with white sharks at Australia’s only cage-diving site. […]
COVID-19 helps understand human impacts on marine organisms
A team of 22 scientists have used data from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) to track the movements of marine organisms during the Covid-19 lockdown […]
Commercial fishing threatens sharks worldwide
Even the remotest parts of the ocean appear to offer highly migratory sharks little refuge from industrialised fishing fleets, according to a major new international study […]
Tourists spend $25m to swim with sharks
Shark diving tourism is a growing industry estimated to be worth more than $25.5 million annually to regional economies around Australia. A new report has documented […]
Shark research hits its target
Thanks to crowdfunding supporters, shark ecologist Dr Charlie Huveneers will launch a new research project into the ‘secret lives’ of white sharks off South Australia’s remote Neptune Islands.
New research shows white sharks use sun to hunt prey
White Sharks – the world’s largest predatory fish – have the impressive ability to follow the direction of the sun to hunt their prey, new research from Flinders University reveals.