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Shark Jaw Found in Kentucky Mine

It's from a shark comparable to a great white, experts say

(Newser) - A large 300-million-year-old shark jawbone was discovered in February in a place you might not expect: a Kentucky mine. Jay Wright was 700 feet underground, adding supports to a roof in the Dotiki Mine, when a rock fell and he saw "a bunch of teeth" above him. He pulled...

Shark Attacks Aussie Wakeboarder

She was mauled after falling off wakeboard, but is stable

(Newser) - In Australia today, a woman fell off the wakeboard she was riding in Nelson Bay—and was promptly attacked by a shark. The 24-year-old suffered head, neck, and arm injuries, but is in stable condition, the AP reports. The driver of the speedboat that had been towing her wakeboard brought...

Annual Shark Migration Swarms Florida Coast

They only look scary, say biologists

(Newser) - Large schools containing thousands of migrating sharks are once again appearing off the coast of Palm Beach County and other southern Florida beaches—sometimes right along the shore, reports NBC . As large numbers of black tip and spinner sharks make their annual trek northward for warmer waters, biologists have tried...

Sharks Are Color-Blind
 Sharks Are Color-Blind 
Jan 19, 2011 5:47 AM CST

Sharks Are Color-Blind

Finding could help make swimmers safer from shark attacks

(Newser) - Even the most brightly colored swimwear won't make you more interesting to a shark, according to new research. Researchers examined the retinas of 17 kinds of shark caught in Australian waters and found that the predators see the world in black and white, the BBC reports. They believe their findings...

Congress Protects Sharks Against 'Finning'

Measure bans hunt to satisfy Asia's taste for soup

(Newser) - Both the House and Senate have approved new protections for sharks, effectively outlawing the practice of "finning"—in which the shark is killed for its fin and the rest of the body discarded, reports the Washington Post . Thanks to big demand for shark fin soup in Asia, the...

Drunk Man Kills Shark, Saves Egyptian Beach Resort

Blacked-out Serbian hailed as a hero

(Newser) - A Serbian man is being hailed as a hero after killing—accidentally—a shark that had been terrorizing an Egyptian resort town . Dragan Stevic was black-out drunk when he vanquished the predator that has killed one beachgoer and injured four. He went with friends to the beach after a long...

US Shark Experts Called to Deadly Egypt Beaches

American researchers to decide when it's safe to go back in the water

(Newser) - Egypt's tourist authorities have called in a trio of American experts after a series of shark attacks that marine biologists have likened to the plot of Jaws. Four tourists were mauled last week and another one was killed after authorities declared beaches in the Sharm el-Sheikh area safe. Authorities say...

Why Was Dangerous Shark Beach Reopened?

Authorities accused of ignoring warnings they caught the wrong shark

(Newser) - Critics claim Egyptian authorities were warned that they may have caught the wrong shark after four people were attacked last week—but they reopened the beach anyway, only to see a tourist killed yesterday. The 70-year-old German woman was killed while snorkeling just one day after the waters at Sharm...

Shark Attack, Fifth in a Week, Claims Red Sea Tourist

German woman dies after arm is torn off

(Newser) - A shark tore the arm off an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, killing her almost immediately, security and diving officials said today, only days after sharks badly mauled four other European tourists in the waters. The German woman was swimming in the waters off Sharm el-Sheik,...

Egypt Hunts Shark After Tourists Savaged

Red Sea beaches closed after swimmers lose limbs

(Newser) - Egypt has closed beaches in the Sharm el-Sheik resort area while it hunts a shark that savaged three Russian tourists and a Ukrainian. The shark attacked swimmers near a Red Sea beach on Tuesday, biting both of one tourist's arms off, the Telegraph reports. Another tourist had to be resuscitated...

Sailor Found Inside Shark


 Sailor Found Inside Shark 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 19, 2010 11:23 AM CDT

Sailor Found Inside Shark

Man disappeared off Bahamas beach where Jaws sequel was filmed

(Newser) - Bahamas sailor Judson Newton ended up in a tiger shark's belly after a boating trip to Jaws Beach, authorities say. Newton, 43, and a friend vanished late last month after trying to swim to shore when their boat experienced engine trouble off the beach where Jaws: The Revenge was filmed,...

Shark Victims Work to Save Their Attackers

Pew group seeks to end irresponsible fishing

(Newser) - A group of shark victims has joined forces in an unlikely goal—saving the species that attacked them, the AP reports. Nine people who were attacked—in many cases, losing limbs or feet—visited the UN to lobby for more responsible management of shark fishing. "If a group like...

Massachusetts 'Shark' a Hoax
 Massachusetts 'Shark' a Hoax 
Aug 26, 2010 3:20 PM CDT

Massachusetts 'Shark' a Hoax

Joker makes a fin with styrofoam, duct tape

(Newser) - About 50 people watched a shark in a cove that runs between two Massachusetts towns—until they realized they were the victims of a practical joke, the Herald News reports. The first 911 call came in about 7pm last night, attracting police and a large group of onlookers. And no...

Brazilian Business Accused of Mutilating Sharks for Fins
 Brazilian Business Accused 
 of Mutilating Sharks for Fins
Shark Week Bummer
Aug 3, 2010 11:11 AM CDT

Brazilian Business Accused of Mutilating Sharks for Fins

Shark fin soup is the hot ticket in Asia

(Newser) - Here’s a story sure to rain on your Shark Week parade: A Brazilian environmental advocacy group is suing a Brazilian seafood exporter, alleging that it has been capturing sharks, cutting off their fins, and throwing the severely wounded creatures back into the water. Removing a shark’s fin is...

5 Fun Facts About 'Shark Week'
 5 Fun Facts About 'Shark Week' 
Aug 2, 2010 12:01 PM CDT

5 Fun Facts About 'Shark Week'

Audiences love it, activists not so much

(Newser) - It’s Shark Week! Time offers a brief history of Discovery Channel’s popular annual event:
  • An oldie but a goodie: It’s been around since 1987, just two years after the channel launched, making it cable’s longest-running event.
  • Average viewers: It’s one of the most popular television
...

10 Places to Swim With Sharks
 10 Places to Swim With Sharks 
SHARK WEEK BEGINS!
Aug 1, 2010 5:50 PM CDT

10 Places to Swim With Sharks

The world's top spots to get up close and personal with Jaws

(Newser) - If you've been jonesing for Shark Week, kicking off tonight, Discovery's in-house shark expert Andy DeHart recommends 10 places where you can go to swim with the big fishes, courtesy of ABC:
  • Cocos Island, Costa Rica: "Hundreds of scalloped hammerheads school above the scenic sea mounts" of this jungle
...

Octopus vs. Shark? Octopus Wins
 Octopus vs. Shark? 
 Octopus Wins 
in case you missed it
May 16, 2010 5:45 PM CDT

Octopus vs. Shark? Octopus Wins

(Except in hockey)

(Newser) - What happens when you put dogfish sharks, which have been known to feed on octopuses from time to time, in the same aquarium tank with a giant pacific octopus? The aquarium's keepers figured the octopus would be able to evade the predator easily enough, so they didn't worry about it—...

Asian Nations Torpedo Shark Protection

Endangered species conference labeled 'a disaster for conservation'

(Newser) - Conservationists were left fuming yesterday after a UN conference on endangered species failed to win protection for a single marine species. Asian nations, led by Japan, defeated efforts to restrict trade in coral, sharks, and bluefin tuna. The one species to be given protected status, the porbeagle shark, had its...

Anderson Cooper Swims With Sharks
 Anderson Cooper 
 Swims With Sharks 
'and it is glorious'
Mar 26, 2010 3:58 AM CDT

Anderson Cooper Swims With Sharks

60 Minutes clip is 'glorious,' at least according to one blogger

(Newser) - If you have an unrequited crush on Anderson Cooper, you may appreciate this video of him swimming with great white sharks on the next 60 Minutes. Or, if you’re looking for evidence of Cooper’s secret homosexuality—as Adrian Chen appears to be on Gawker —you might just...

Sharks Need Protection —From People

Eight species could get protection

(Newser) - Sharks are fearsome predators, but they are no match for fishermen. Caught and eaten in soup or used in skin-care products and nutritional supplements, sharks are in danger of extinction. They may get help at this week's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. One proposal would protect eight species,...

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