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Atlantic Shark Institute to Study 5 Shark Species

6/2/2021 - SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The arrival of summer in Rhode Island also means the arrival of sharks. Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in South Kingstown, hopes to learn more about five species of shark by catching and tagging several, dropping video cameras into the water… SEE MORE

Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate the Seas

5/9/2021 - By Nikk Ogasa. Most Uber drivers need a smartphone to get to their destinations. But sharks, it seems, need nothing more than their own bodies—and Earth’s magnetic field. A new study suggests some sharks can read Earth’s field like a map and use it to navigate the open seas. The… SEE MORE

20-Foot Great White Spotted Off Florida Coast

2/17/2020 - By Ed Killer. During a dive charter trip on Walker’s Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach on Tuesday, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience — a great white shark. The encounter took place near a spot known as The Breakers Reef, a location just one mile offshore… SEE MORE

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12 Shark Facts That May Surprise You

12/18/2019 - 1. Sharks do not have bones. Sharks use their gills to filter oxygen from the water. They are a special type of fish known "elasmobranch", which translates into fish made of catilaginous tissues—the clear gristly stuff that your ears and nose tip are made of. This category also includes rays, sawfish, and… SEE MORE

Sharks

Tag: Sharks

Atlantic Shark Institute to Study 5 Shark Species

Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate the Seas

20-Foot Great White Spotted Off Florida Coast

12 Shark Facts That May Surprise You

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