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Scientists discover elephant shark can see color much like humans can. Mar 18, 2009 287
Shark population threatened; Mediterranean Sea; Region's sharks have declined 97 percent over past 200 years, scientists report. Jul 1, 2008 641
FINCREDIBLE! Irish scientists find female sharks are able to give birth.. WITHOUT mating. May 23, 2007 234
Frilly find. Gaidos, Susan Brief article Apr 16, 2007 90
Standard and routine metabolic rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), including the effects of body mass and acute temperature change *. Dowd, W. Wesley; Brill, Richard W.; Bushnell, Peter G.; Musick, John A. Jul 1, 2006 6960
Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model *. Dowd, W. Wesley; Brill, Richard W.; Bushnell, Peter G.; Musick, John A. Jul 1, 2006 8136
Growth and maturity of salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) in the eastern and western North Pacific, and comments on back-calculation methods. Goldman, Kenneth J.; Musick, John A. Apr 1, 2006 10536
Exploring intraspecific life history patterns in sharks. Cope, Jason M. Apr 1, 2006 4974
Incidental catch and estimated discards of pelagic sharks from the swordfish and tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea. Megalofonou, Persefoni; Yannopoulos, Constantinos; Damalas, Dimitrios; De Metrio, Gregorio; Deflorio Oct 1, 2005 9943
Longline-caught blue shark (Prionace glauca): factors affecting the numbers available for live release *. Diaz, Guillermo A.; Serafy, Joseph E. Oct 1, 2005 2586
Length at maturity in three pelagic sharks (Lamna nasus, Isurus oxyrinchus, and Prionace glauca) from New Zealand. Francis, Malcolm P.; Duffy, Clinton Jul 1, 2005 6975
Mitochondrial gene sequences useful for species identification of western North Atlantic Ocean sharks. Greig, Thomas W.; Moore, M. Katherine; Woodley, Cheryl M.; Quattro, Joseph M. Jul 1, 2005 5128
A fishy therapy: a thriving but controversial dietary supplement. Raloff, Janet Mar 5, 2005 2164
Gotham City mapped for the grey nurse. Pyper, Wendy Apr 1, 2004 495
Age determination and growth of the night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) off the northeastern Brazilian coast. Santana, Francisco M.; Lessa, Rosangela Jan 1, 2004 7406
Diel vertical migration of the bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus), a species possessing orbital retia mirabilia. Weng, Kevin C.; Block, Barbara A. Jan 1, 2004 5000
Application of DNA-based techniques for the identification of whaler sharks (Carchorhinus spp.) caught in protective beach meshing and by recreational fisheries off the coast of New South Wales. Chan, Rick W.K.; Dixon, Patricia I.; Pepperell, Julian G.; Reid, Dennis D. Oct 1, 2003 3326
Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Morato, Telmo; Sola, Encarnacion; Gros, Maria P.; Menezes, Gui Jul 1, 2003 10031
Age and growth of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the North Atlantic Ocean *. Skomal, Gregory B.; Natanson, Liza J. Jul 1, 2003 8834
Gel helps animals detect thermal fluctuations. (Shark sense). Gorman, J. Feb 1, 2003 384
Life history of the Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) (Richardson, 1836) off the southeastern United States. Loefer, Joshua K.; Sedberry, George R. Jan 1, 2003 7097
A Monte Carlo demographic analysis of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis): implications of gear selectivity. Beerkircher, Lawrence; Shivji, Mahmood; Cortes, Enric Jan 1, 2003 5577
Age-validation of a leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) recaptured after 20 years. Smith, Susan E.; Mitchell, Robert A.; Fuller, Dan Jan 1, 2003 3193
The mystery of the sleeper shark: does this blind, slow-moving fish catch fast seals? (Science In Action). Roe-Pimm, Nancy Nov 1, 2002 709
Validated age and growth of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Natanson, Lisa J.; Mello, Joseph J.; Campana, Steven E. Apr 1, 2002 7761
Tuning in to grey nurse conservation. (spectrum). Pyper, Wendy Brief Article Apr 1, 2002 550
When sharks just open wide and say yum. Brief Article Aug 21, 1999 220
The first shark: to bite or not to bite? Monastersky, Richard Brief Article Feb 17, 1996 420

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