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Friday, October 11, 2024
a great white shark. Great white sharks are one of the largest predatory fish in the world.
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Racing to Save the Mediterranean’s Last Great Whites: Researchers Turn to the North Atlantic for Answers

Global nonprofit shark research organization OCEARCH has embarked on a multi-year project to study and protect the critically endangered Mediterranean white

October 11, 2024
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Sunday, September 15, 2024
Reconstructed model of Megalodon, the prehistoric superpredator, showing its massive body, powerful jaws, and elongated shape.
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Megalodon Shark Once Ruled the Seas, Here’s Why It Went Extinct

John Long (Flinders University) Imagine the seas off Peru, 6 million years ago. A group of long-nosed dolphins swam through the warm seawater, breaking the

September 15, 2024
Total Views: 2970

Monday, July 29, 2024
POV of massive basking shark being struck by a boat. First time ever captured on camera.
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Groundbreaking Footage Captures First-Ever Boat Strike on Endangered Shark

In a world-first, researchers have captured video of a basking shark, an endangered species, being struck by a boat off the coast of Ireland. The footage,

July 29, 2024
Total Views: 4331

Sunday, July 28, 2024
A Brazilian Sharpnose Shark at a laboratory in Rio de Janeiro.
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Sharks Off Rio de Janeiro Test Positive For Cocaine

By Dani Morera Trettin SAO PAULO, July 24 (Reuters) – Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for

July 28, 2024
Total Views: 4794

Sunday, October 9, 2022
Rare Video Shows Orcas Hunting A White Shark
Offbeat

Rare Video Shows Orcas Hunting A White Shark

By Antony Sguazzin (Bloomberg) A drone operator and helicopter pilot captured rare footage of a pod of orcas killing a great white shark near Mossel Bay on

October 9, 2022
Total Views: 5733

Saturday, May 28, 2022
Several Factors Point To Shipping Being A Leading Cause Of Whale Shark Deaths
Shipping

Several Factors Point To Shipping Being A Leading Cause Of Whale Shark Deaths

Freya Womersley, David Sims (The Conversation)–Over 80% of international trade is carried by sea. Much of what we use and consume everyday either has

May 28, 2022
Total Views: 1287

Friday, September 3, 2021
Coast Guard Medevacs Shark Attack Victim From Fishing Vessel
Lifesaving Incidents

Coast Guard Medevacs Shark Attack Victim From Fishing Vessel

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured crew member from a fishing vessel after a shark attack approximately 35 miles southeast of Grand

September 3, 2021
Total Views: 7035

Thursday, August 27, 2020
Shark! Coast Guard Fires at Shark Trying to Crash Swim Call
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Shark! Coast Guard Fires at Shark Trying to Crash Swim Call

This is a wild video… Apparently a group of U.S. Coast Guard crew members from the USCGC Kimball were having a little swim time while deployed in Oceania

August 27, 2020
Total Views: 189

Friday, October 14, 2016
Viral Video: Great White Shark Breaches Dive Cage… With Diver Inside!
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Viral Video: Great White Shark Breaches Dive Cage… With Diver Inside!

This video is going viral right now and it’s easy to see why: it is ABSOLUTELY NUTS! Apparently these guys were cage diving off Mexico’s Guadalupe

October 14, 2016
Total Views: 176

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
An Alcatraz Ferry Captured THE BEST Video of that Great White Shark Attack in San Francisco Bay
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An Alcatraz Ferry Captured THE BEST Video of that Great White Shark Attack in San Francisco Bay

For those of you hiding under a rock this week, a video has been making the rounds on the internet showing a great white shark attacking a seal right

October 14, 2015
Total Views: 2356

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
WATCH: Largest Great White Shark Ever Captured on Film
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WATCH: Largest Great White Shark Ever Captured on Film

A diver off the coast of has capture some new footage of what is believed to be the largest great white shark ever caught on film. The shark, which

August 12, 2015
Total Views: 841

Sunday, July 19, 2015
WATCH: Pro Surfer Fights Off Shark Attack on Live Television
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WATCH: Pro Surfer Fights Off Shark Attack on Live Television

If you have seen Shark Week, you know that the waters off of South Africa – home to the infamous ‘shark alley’ – are some of the most

July 19, 2015
Total Views: 51

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Video: Offshore Rig Worker Films Unbelievable Shark Frenzy
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Video: Offshore Rig Worker Films Unbelievable Shark Frenzy

An offshore rig worker in the Gulf of Mexico caught some spectacular footage of a shark frenzy – quite literally hundreds of sharks – in the waters

March 24, 2015
Total Views: 1532

Monday, September 29, 2014
Orcas Hunt Down and Eat Tiger Shark
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Orcas Hunt Down and Eat Tiger Shark

Caroline Power and Nicholas Bach filmed a remarkable event while on a trip to Chatham Bay, Costa Rica. In the following video, a 7-foot tiger shark is

September 29, 2014
Total Views: 87

Thursday, January 16, 2014
Shark Diving with a Bird Cage? No Worries Mate!
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Shark Diving with a Bird Cage? No Worries Mate!

Ahh

January 16, 2014
Total Views: 36

Friday, March 22, 2013
Great White Shark Breaks Into Dive Cage [VIDEO]
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Great White Shark Breaks Into Dive Cage [VIDEO]

This is why I don’t shark dive. Here’s the description from the uploader: I went shark diving March 21st, 2013 for the first time in Gansbaai,

March 22, 2013
Total Views: 29

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
caterpillar ocearch lydia great white shark
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Wearing Jeans, Ship’s Captain Jumps into Water Basket with 14-Foot Great White Shark [VIDEO]

The non-profit ocean research group OCEARCH is at it again, doing good things for mother nature. On 3 March, their team captured, tagged, studied, and released

March 5, 2013
Total Views: 25

Thursday, February 14, 2013
OCEARCH and Caterpillar: a Partnership to Save the Great Ocean Predators
Engines

OCEARCH and Caterpillar: a Partnership to Save the Great Ocean Predators

The following images depicts a tragedy which is quietly unfolding around the world. On top of a factory building in Hong Kong, over ten thousand shark fins are

February 14, 2013
Total Views: 165

Monday, July 30, 2012
USS Indianapolis
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67 Years Ago, A Cargo of Death and Sea of Horror

67 years ago, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) arrived at the Pacific island of Tinian to deliver the firing mechanism and uranium-235 material for the first atomic

July 30, 2012
Total Views: 97

Sunday, March 18, 2012
MSC Cruises Buys Ex-Gaddafi Ship, Sans Man-Eating Sharks
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MSC Cruises Buys Ex-Gaddafi Ship, Sans Man-Eating Sharks

MSC Cruises says that it has finalized contract negotiations with STX France to take over a 140,000 ton cruise ship after the termination of an agreement with

March 18, 2012
Total Views: 117
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