Sharks respond to magnetic lines
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Hawaiian scientists provide hard evidence to support the theory that sharks navigate with a biological compass.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 18  Â Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Papua province in Indonesia said Monday that they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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THE great white shark, one of the world&#39;s most feared creatures, found itself some unexpected friends yesterday when a United Nations conference issued a surprise vote to restrict its international trade.
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WHANGAREI, NZ - A pod of dolphins formed a protective screen around a group of New Zealand lifeguards as a great white shark lingered below the surface, said one of the swimmers.
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By Michael Casey  BANGKOK, Thailand  --  Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province say they have discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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WASHINGTON -- The first animal to crawl onto land from the ocean probably looked a bit like today's salamander, and researchers have wondered how it was able to switch from swimming to walking. Now, European scientists have built a robot with a primitive electric nervous system that they say mimics...
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By Randolph E. Schmid  SAN FRANCISCO  --  With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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Who needs a man? Female sharks can fertilize their own eggs with sperm, says a new study being published Wednesday.
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Training her binoculars on a dark patch of floating seaweed, Gena Bentall gasped. After searching for sea otters all day, the research biologist had spotted one: a mother with a pup on her belly, but the otter's face was mauled and dripping blood and a male was hot on her tail.
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By LEE TOLLIVER,  It's wahoo time.  The offshore waters of Virginia and North Carolina have been teeming with wahoo - long, slender, toothy critters that resemble a barracuda on steroids.
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A South African shark-spotting program to warn surfers and swimmers about the approach of great whites is to be expanded, environmentalists said Thursday, though they added the sharks have more to fear than humans.
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Homing pigeons carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks, scientists confirm.
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Forget 'Jaws,' the great white shark needs help
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Oct. 12, 2004 - The great white shark won a bid for protection Tuesday as parties to a global wildlife treaty determined the world&#39;s most ferocious deep-sea predator was under threat from excessive and unregulated trade.
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Researchers look to the shark's primitive immune system for better diagnostics and drugs.
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Sharks and humans both fled the coast as  hurricanes battered Florida last year, causing a dramatic drop  in shark attacks in the state that usually has a third of the  world's annual total, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Life & style: Synthesised shark's skin? Sweat-reactive fish scales? Peta Bee looks at how the latest sportswear can enhance performance