Emily Tripp Senior Writer The world’s first hybrid shark was discovered recently in Australian waters. The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with the common black-tip is a potential indicator that sharks are adapting to climate change. “It’s very surprising because no one’s ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence [...]
Recordings of male humpback whales have shown that their unique songs spread far through the ocean to other whales. Over more than a decade, researchers in Australia have been listening to and recording hundreds of hours of these songs. They have revealed how a specific song pattern, which originated in Eastern Australia, has reached whale populations [...]
According to new research, sharks, unlike their close relatives chimaeras and rays, cannot distinguish colors. This study was performed by Dr. Nathan Scott Hart and colleagues from the University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland in Australia. Sharks have a large sensory brain area dedicated to the processing of visual information and they [...]
A new research presents convincing evidence that jellyfish overpopulation is associated with over-fishing and excess nutrients, a result of human activities.
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