The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus ... There have been 13 unprovoked attacks recorded, including four fatalities. Oceanic Whitetip Shark The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus ...

Many of these bites were likely from juvenile blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus ... reducing freshwater flow into the ocean, may have pushed bait fish—and the sharks following them—closer to ...

Shark sightings by scuba divers reveal the movements of marine predators throughout the year, according to a study published February 26, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by George Balchin, ...

This is likely due to the number of juvenile sharks in the area. It is also a known breeding ground for blacktip sharks. “Some years see an increase in bites, followed by periods of decline in ...

Just beyond the motus lies the Rangiroa’s fringing reef, and beyond that the deep blue waves of the Pacific Ocean. Blacktip reef sharks frequent shallow lagoons in French Polynesia. Our guide ...

Sosimo, a spearfisherman from Owarigi in the Solomon Islands, in the water with a blacktip ... the shark god, ‘Wairowo’ on behalf of the island. Owarigi Islanders depend on the ocean for ...

Shark sightings by scuba divers reveal the movements of marine predators throughout the year, according to a study published in PLOS One by George Balchin, William Hughes and colleagues at the ...