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Tag: whale shark

Industrialized shipping (literally) impacts whale sharks
Human impacts

Industrialized shipping (literally) impacts whale sharks

The world’s largest fish suffered a mysterious decline. Researchers embarked on a global tracking project to find out why. Reference:…
July 12, 2022July 7, 2022 Fayth Tan
The Regenerative Power of Whale Sharks
Conservation

The Regenerative Power of Whale Sharks

How fast can a whale shark heal from a wound? For the first time, researchers look deeper at the healing…
March 16, 2021March 15, 2021 Elena Gadoutsis
How scientists use our nuclear past to understand whale shark life history
Biology

How scientists use our nuclear past to understand whale shark life history

To properly conserve and manage species, scientists need to understand how they live, grow, and age. But even figuring that…
May 11, 2020May 10, 2020 Ashley Marranzino
Citizen Science and Undersea Stars: The Value of Photographs to Global Megafauna Biology
Sharkbites Saturday

Citizen Science and Undersea Stars: The Value of Photographs to Global Megafauna Biology

Check out this article about how tourist pictures of whale sharks are helping scientists learn about whale shark populations around…
April 14, 2018December 23, 2021 Matthew Larsen
Biology Genetics genomics Methodology

Exciting strides for eDNA: Insights into whale shark population genetics

In the past few decades scientists have found new and exciting ways to use DNA to answer scientific questions. There…
December 29, 2016December 28, 2016 Ashley Marranzino

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