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The university museum’s collection from Rio do Meio includes teeth from at least eight different species—and shark teeth are a treasure chest of information.

The Speartooth Shark or Glyphis glyphis is a rare species of river shark that inhabits only a small number of tropical rivers and adjacent marine waters in northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.

Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, the lockdown measures imposed by nations worldwide inadvertently provided scientists with a unique opportunity to study the effects of reduced human activity on wildlife. For scientists studying sharks, this presented an unprecedented opportunity to observe how these creatures responded to the sudden absence of human presence.

Cyprus has been recognised as a priority area for angel sharks, with all three Mediterranean species listed, but facing serious threats, according to Enalia Physis environmental research centre.

Scientists have discovered a new shark species in Alabama that had needle-like fangs and became one of the ocean’s top predators after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Despite their major role in the ecosystem (and our psyche) little is known about great whites’ reproduction and the lives of their young. While using a drone to film sharks (the safest, as well as the fastest, way to find them) off Carpinteria, California, filmmaker Carlos Guana and of California Riverside PhD candidate Phillip Sternes spotted a young great white. At an estimated 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, the shark was about the expected length for a newborn. This one lived up to its name, being truly white.

Sharks and rays make up a key part of the diet and livelihood in parts of Ghana—now researchers want to know more about these little-studied species.

The meat of sharks and rays, for long consumed by tribal and coastal people in India, has found favour among new demographic categories such as foreign tourists and Indian middle- and upper classes. This could lead to more unsustainable fishing of shark species, imperiling them in what is already the world’s third biggest exploiter of sharks and rays.

A case of fin regeneration after a traumatic event has been seen in the silky shark species for the first time.

In a poignant discovery along the coastal area of Barangay Ipil, Dipaculao Aurora, a megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) met a tragic end on its journey to give birth. The circumstances surrounding its death remain uncertain, underscoring the mysteries that surround these creatures.