Welcome back to Weird Animal Questions, where you post or tweet your questions on anything animal and we answer a few every week. Your questions were all about aquatic animals this time around, so let’s get right into the swim. What’s the biggest known great white shark?—Kevin, California Dana Ehret, curator of paleontology at the Alabama…
A controversial shark cull claimed its first casualty this weekend in Western Australia, when a commercial fisherman shot and killed a tiger shark off of Old Dunsborough (map) in the southwest region of Western Australia. In a move late last year that has since sparked protests, Western Australia premier Colin Bennett announced a shark cull…
Every week, embark with host Boyd Matson on an exploration of the latest discoveries and interviews with some of the most fascinating people on the planet, on National Geographic Weekend. Please check listings near you to find the best way to listen to National Geographic Weekend on radio, or listen below! Hour 1 – Professional kayaking guide Hendri Coetzee was attacked by…
Shark Declines: Fuel for a Decade of Conservation Effort by Austin J. Gallagher & Neil Hammerschlag Scientists have been studying the population status of sharks for years and while the vulnerability, threatened status and biological importance of sharks has long-been well-recognized and documented by the research community (1), ten years ago, shark conservation…