The study involved 1,300 tagged reef sharks in the Palmyra Atoll wildlife refuge. Skip to content. KHON2. Waipahu 73 ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

Reef sharks, which are around six to eight feet long (1.8 meters to 2.4 meters), are the “apex predators” of coral reefs Baum says, and like predators in other eco-systems play an important ...

Great Barrier Reef: Parts reef record highest number of coral in nearly 4 decades, ... But the small shark species must endure the harsh temperature – if it swims to deeper waters, ...

The authors also reported that population trends were declining for 94 coral reef shark and ray species; of the two groups, rays were more threatened than sharks.

Nearly two-thirds of coral reef shark and ray species are at risk of EXTINCTION – with overfishing named as the biggest threat, ... Farrah Abraham's bikini top looks THREE sizes too small ...

Shark removal a thorny issue for coral reefs. ... Researchers looked at decades of coral reef studies and found a previously unsuspected link between fishing of sharks, ... like small fish and squid.

Whitetip reef shark ... Even fish that are tucked tightly into cracks and crevices in the coral are a target, as the shark’s slender body allows it to squeeze into impossibly small ...

REEF fish stocks may face less predatory pressure after scientists found a small species of shark doesn’t have to eat more to cope with the carbon dioxide levels predicted for the end of the ...

CITATION: Ruppert JLW, Travers MJ, Smith LL, Fortin M-J, Meekan MG (2013) Caught in the Middle: Combined Impacts of Shark Removal and Coral Loss on the Fish Communities of Coral Reefs. PLoS ONE 8 ...

The shark looked aged, "ancient, even," Mote said in the news release. Half blind with a blunt snout and small pale bluish-colored eyes, it led them to believe it was part of the sleeper shark family.