Daily Archives: May 5, 2011

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20448-zoologger-flashmob-gathering-of-worlds-largest-fish.html 5 May 2011 On 12 August 2009 a small team of scientists took a light plane over the Caribbean Sea, just off Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula. To their astonishment they saw 420 whale sharks swimming together in 18 square kilometres … Continue reading →

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-tercek/sharks-healthy-marine-systems_b_857997.html 5 May 2011 As society struggles against the threats of surging population, climate change, biodiversity loss and degraded land, water and marine systems, what on earth could we possibly learn from a near-pristine atoll free of people in the … Continue reading →

http://www.onearth.org/blog/73-million-sharks-need-your-help 5 May 2011 For decades sharks have been characterized as villains and the enemies of humanity in TV and film, creating a stereotype that has unjustly resulted in years of apathy about their survival.