vertebrate zoology
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Rare Baby Ghost Shark Spotted Off the Coast of New Zealand
Marine biologists working near New Zealand’s South Island have stumbled upon a newly hatched baby ghost shark — an elusive and peculiar fish that lives in the dark deep ocean.
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Two Bull Sharks Swam Up the Mississippi River All the Way to St. Louis
Bull sharks are coastal creatures, but at least two of the animals were able to make it as far inland as St. Louis by swimming up the Mississippi River, according to a team of researchers who looked at the shark’s fossil record and reported sightings over the years.
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Something Wiped Out Nearly All Sharks 19 Million Years Ago, New Research Suggests
Scientists have stumbled upon a previously unknown extinction event that decimated ocean shark populations 19 million years ago. The cause of this sudden die-off, in which global shark populations plummeted by 90%, is a complete mystery.
