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Scuba Santa Swimming with Sharks – A New Holiday Tradition?

Newport Aquarium PHOTO BY ERNEST COLEMAN Scuba Santa swimming with sharks may be a relatively new Christmas tradition but it is remarkably widespread. From the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky; to...

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One Hundred Million Sharks Killed Each Year – and Why it Matters

A new report, published in the journal Marine Policy, assesses the the impact of commercial fishing on sharks and estimates that around 100 million sharks are being killed each year.  The rate is...

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Sharks – Photobombing and Posting on Twitter

Two recent items on sharks in the news — a photobombing shark off the coast of California and Australian sharks posting warnings on Twitter. Off Manhattan Beach, California, June Emerson took a...

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A Quarter of Shark & Ray Species on the Verge of Extinction

A recent study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published in the journal eLife suggests that of more than a thousand species of sharks and rays in the world, one in four...

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The Sardine Run — Gannetts, Sharks, Dolphins & Divers

A remarkable video of gannetts, sharks, dolphins & divers diving on the sardine run on the Agulhas Bank off South Africa. Shark Explorers – Sardine Run 2013 From Scuba Diver Life — Gearing Up For...

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American Diver Dies in Cocos Island Shark Attack

An American diving in a tour group off Costa Rico’s Cocos Island was attacked and killed yesterday by a tiger shark. The name of the victim has not been released and the circumstances of the attack are...

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Attracting Sharks, Death Metal or Chum?

What does death metal music sound like to you? Apparently to sharks, death metal sounds like struggling fish. (Funny, that is kind of what it sounds like to me too.) Recently a documentary crew for the...

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Ghost Net Kills Hundreds of Sharks Off Cayman Islands

Ghost nets — Photo: The Ocean Cleanup Yahoo recently reported that a group of divers happened upon a gruesome sight in the Cayman Islands — hundreds of decomposing sharks and other sea creatures...

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Swordfish Stabbing Sharks and the Occasional Diver

The fishermen knew. They told stories of swordfish using their eponymous swords to stab sharks and other large fish and mammals. Scientists, however, were skeptical.  Recently, however, more than six...

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Sydney Beaches Close After Sharks Attack Dolphin — What are Risks of Shark...

Bull Shark — Photo: Chaloklum Diving The BBC reports that several popular beaches in Sydney, Australia have been closed after sharks attacked a dolphin in waters near the city. At least two bull sharks...

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