Scientists discover winter home of world's second-biggest fish
CNN
(CNN) -- The migration patterns of basking sharks have long mystified marine biologists, but new research has finally revealed where the world's second-biggest fish hide out for half of every year. Despite growing to over 10 meters in length, ...To be continued.
Basking Sharks' Hiding Places Found
Discovery News, MD
May 7, 2009 -- For centuries, scientists have wondered where basking sharks go in the wintertime. Now, they have an answer -- and it's full of surprises. In the western Atlantic, the world's second largest fish swims all the way from New England to the ...To be continued.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
United Press International
WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 8 (UPI) -- Basking sharks spend their winters much farther south in the Atlantic than originally believed, US scientists concluded. The plankton-feeding sharks hide out for nearly half the year, disappearing from surface waters ...To be continued.
Basking sharks to return to Manx waters this month
Isle of Man Today, UK
Experts from all over the world are expected to attend a three-day scientific conference entitled Basking Sharks: A Global Perspective at the Erin Arts Centre. Speakers have already been confirmed from New Zealand, Canada, USA, South Africa, ...To be continued.
Isle of Man to host basking shark conference
Isle of Man Today, UK
The Isle of Man community will receive discounted tickets for Basking Sharks: A Global Perspective to be held at the Erin Arts Centre between Sunday, August 2, and Wednesday, August 5. The Manx Wildlife Trust's Manx Basking Shark Watch has received ...To be continued.
O'Sullivan: Rough waters ahead
Milford Daily News, USA
FISH STORY: State marine biologists made international science news Friday when they announced they had discovered where western Atlantic basking sharks spend their winters. Gregory Skomal, a Division of Marine Fisheries biologist, was lead author on ...To be continued.
How we are emptying our seas
Times Online, UK
Our propensity to pursue marine wildlife extended beyond whales to porpoises, dolphins, basking sharks, angel sharks, tunny, skate and halibut and a host of other ocean megafauna. Bone remains from medieval times tell of a Humber Estuary population of ...To be continued.
Basking sharks run for the sun
Nature.com (subscription), UK
Now a group of researchers in the United States has found out where some basking sharks take their vacations. To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right). Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. ...To be continued.
A beautiful mind
Irish Times, Ireland
Since then, she has become a fixture of wildlife television, reporting on seasonal outbreaks of basking sharks, orchids or bluebells. "You don't really get very many Asians in the countryside, so I hope that I can make it seem a little bit more ...To be continued.
Marion Natural History Museum unveils rehabbed saltwater tank
Wareham Courier, MA
He is best known locally for leading the effort to extract the Great White Shark from the salt pond on Naushon Island and his work tagging basking sharks in Cape Cod Bay. Dr. Skomal has written numerous scientific research papers and appeared in a ...To be continued.
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