Palau pioneers 'shark sanctuary'

National Shark Sanctuary - Palau Palau is to create the world's first "shark sanctuary", banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters.The President of the tiny Pacific republic, Johnson Toribiong, announced...

Shark Attacks Shark in Queensland: Almost Bites it in Half: Video

A Great White Shark was caught on camera attacking another Great White Shark and almost bites it in half. This is raising alarm along the coast of Queensland, Australia, and authorities have warned swimmers to...

Shark Leaps Into Boat in South Florida Shocking Owner & Friends

A bull shark leaped into a boat this past week off the coast of Haulover Beach in South Florida. The shark leap into the boat shocked Michael Powers, the owner of the boat, and his friends, who were out spear...

White Marlin Open Under Way In Ocean City, Maryland

The 36th annual White Marlin Open is set to take place at Harbour Island Marina in Ocean City, Maryland, August 3-7. It is world's largest billfish tournament with a prize money of $2 million. The winnings are based on competition and weight of the fish. Contestants will...

Shark Week 2009: Discovery Channel Air Annual Shows About Sharks

What would summer be without Shark Week. For the 22nd year, the Discovery Channel will feature programming about sharks. Shark Week started back in 1987 and was named after a novella by writer Nicholas Hill. Here's...

Sharks to be trained like dolphins at Sea Life

" SHARKS are to be trained like dolphins to feed from keepers and even roll over and have their tummies tickled.Brave keepers at British aquariums will use the techniques after research showed the predators responded well to tuition. Experts hope the training...

Jessica Alba apologizes for plastering Oklahoma in shark photos

Actress Jessica Alba has apologized for plastering Oklahoma City with shark conservation photos, that prompted the police to launch an investigation. " "I got involved in something I should have had no part of," the "Fantastic Four" actress said in a statement Tuesday. "I...

Scientists warn against eating shark fins this Chinese New Year

Shark fin is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. Sources state that over 80% of Chinese population have tried shark fin soup at some point in their life. Shark fin soup is especially popular around Chinese New Year as...

'Butanding' The gentle giant of the deep

Now, Donsol, Sorsogon dubbed as the 'Whale Shark Capital of the World' This interaction with the whale sharks 'butanding' has been experienced both by the locals and thousands of tourist nearby, who have been...

EU plans to end some shark fishing

Six different species of shark and ray, including Spiny Dogfish, Porbeagle and Angel Sharks, which are all threatened with extinction in the North East Atlantic are hopefully on their way to being protected....

Shark blood 'offers cancer hope'???

 I am bit confused, i should take it as good news as a hope for cancer patient or take it as bad news because Shark is going to face human threat. well any developement in the field of cancer research is welcome....

Global Alert: Many Methane Gas Plumes Discovered in Arctic

"British scientists have discovered hundreds more methane "plumes" bubbling up from the Arctic seabed, in an area to the west of the Norwegian island of Svalbard. It is the second time in a week that scientists...

Shark "Virgin Birth" Confirmed

" A female blacktip shark in Virginia fertilized her own egg without mating with a male shark, new DNA evidence shows."

Virgin birth of shark in Virginia aquarium

Shark , most dreeded animal in water, is facing the threat of extinction, from non other than humans.There is a good news for environmentalist , regarding shark." The shark came to the Virginia Aquarium &...

Whale Shark to be held Captive Indefinitely... what a surprise!

Following on from my earlier story about the Whale Shark caught off the coast of the UAE and taken to the newly opened Atlantis hotel for 'observations', new information has come to light on the future of this...

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