Tag: Sharks
Tagging data show that blue sharks are true globalists
Jasmin Graham, Florida State University
CC BY-NDBlue sharks are among the widest-ranging shark species in the oceans. We know this partly because from 1962 to...
Shark Week looms, but don’t panic
Gavin Naylor, University of Florida
Sharks elicit outsized fear, even though the risk of a shark bite is infinitesimally small. As a marine biologist and...
Sequencing the white shark genome is cool, but for bigger insights...
Gavin Naylor, University of Florida
The headlines are eye-catching: Scientists have sequenced the genome of white sharks. Or the bamboo lemur, or the golden eagle....
After a fatal shark attack on Cape Cod, will the reaction...
Carlos G. García-Quijano, University of Rhode Island
Interactions between people and animals offer insights into human culture and societies’ core values. This is especially true...
Sharkathon 2017 is here: How to watch it like a scientist
George Burgess, University of Florida
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your television, the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and National Geographic...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
