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An offshore drilling rig docked in Cape Town, South Africa.

Land Birds Found in the Stomachs of Tiger Sharks

Emily Tripp Senior Writer It is not uncommon for sharks to eat sea birds, but lately, researchers have been finding land birds in the stomachs of tiger sharks living in the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re the first to look this exhaustively at the diet of tiger sharks, as far as I know, and this certainly [...]

Jan 14, 2012 | 0 comments View Post
Tiger shark - Photo by Albert Kok

Latest Coastal Shark Survey Completed

Survey in U.S. East Coast waters is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems.

NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) lab in Narragansett, R.I., recently conducted their ninth coastal shark survey from Florida to Delaware.

Aug 28, 2009 | 0 comments View Post