This week, the Delaware legislature banned the sale, trade, distribution, and possession of shark fins in the state. Now the bill awaits the signature of Governor Jack Markell in order to become …
Electrifying Weights May Save Endangered Hammerhead Sharks
Putting a mild electric field on fishing weights may save endangered hammerhead sharks from becoming part of the bycatch. Hammerhead shark numbers have declined precipitously in the last twenty …
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World's Rarest Whale Found on New Zealand Beach
A mother and son pair of whales beached themselves on a New Zealand beach in 2010. Initially identified as Gray's beaked whales, the pair turned out to be members of the never-before-seen species, the …
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EU Considers Ban on Shark Finning
On Wednesday, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament will consider a ban on shark finning. Shark finning is the practice of catching a shark, removing its fins, and dumping the still …
Giant Kelp Forests Listed as Endangered
The Australian government has declared the giant kelp forests off the coasts of Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia endangered. Giant kelp is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the southern …
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Extinct Toad Found in Sri Lanka
Scientists thought the Sri Lankan Kandyan dwarf toad (Adenomus kandianus) had gone extinct in 1876. Exhaustive surveys of the area they were originally found in had yielded no evidence of the …