The project titled “Understanding the Reproductive Strategy of the Critically Endangered Bottlenose Wedgefish in Indonesia for Future Species-Specific Conservation Planning” officially kicked-off with...

As with any good project, success starts with one thing: preparation, preparation, and more preparation. So before we head out to sea, I thought I’d give a quick peek behind the scenes at what goes in...

New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish, a shark-like species native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, have rows of teeth on top of their heads,...

For years, locals in Nigeria thought they were dealing with different species of freshwater stingray at the river due to variation in morphology of these species while scientists had reported just one...

Pincushion rays are also known as thorny freshwater stingrays found in West and Central Africa. It’s one of only two freshwater stingray species in Africa and is now Critically Endangered. For decades...

Gyda dyfodiad y gwanwyn yn y Deyrnas Unedig mae’r dyddiau’n mynd yn hirach, y planhigion yn adfywio ac mae adar mudol yn dychwelyd. O dan ddyfroedd (braidd yn gymylog) Cymru, mae’r gwanwyn hefyd yn no...

Spring in the United Kingdom heralds longer days, awakening plants and the return of migrating birds. Beneath the (somewhat murky) waters of Wales, spring also marks the arrival of another migratory a...

Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders. The ranges of many commercially important species in fact straddle the borders of countries’ e...

Studying the guitarfish, Pseudobatos lentiginosus, across its range in the Gulf of Mexico basin is a challenge. So far, it is known to be the only ray species of the family Rhinobatidae that inhabits this gulf, as far northwest as North Carolina in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Like other family members, these species are bottom […]

Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say

In our last blog post, we introduced our Save Our Seas Foundation project investigating chemical contamination in broadnose sevengill and tope sharks along the U.S. West Coast. This work brings togeth...