Unveiling The Secrets Of Planktivorous Sharks

Unveiling The Secrets Of Planktivorous Sharks

A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is eating plankton on the surface. Rhincodon typus is a filter … [+] feeder. It swim slowly at the surface filtering plankton through their enormous gill slits. Getty Images Recent studies have illuminated predictable relationships between these majestic creatures and their surroundings, hinting at their heightened sensitivity to environmental changes. …

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Epaulette Shark Gives Birth Without A Mate

Epaulette Shark Gives Birth Without A Mate

A shark having babies? Not always newsworthy. But a shark having babies after the mother shark in question had not been in the company of a male shark since her arrival at the facility back in 2019? More newsworthy. This epaulette shark pup hatched Aug. 23, 2023, at Brookfield Zoo, born from what staff believe …

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The Key To Shark Survival Lies In Their Genetic Stability

The Key To Shark Survival Lies In Their Genetic Stability

Sharks have been navigating our oceans for million years (they appear before trees, to put it into perspective). And during this timespan, Earth and its inhabitants have experienced monumental transformations, but sharks have remained remarkably consistent in both their biology and body shape. This unchanging nature has long puzzled scientists, but a groundbreaking international research …

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Celebrate World Gorilla Day With 15 Primate Pictures | Science

Celebrate World Gorilla Day With 15 Primate Pictures | Science

Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Text by Tracy Scott Forson Although gorillas are the largest primates, weighing up to 440 pounds, their size has not made them impervious to human contact and climate change, which have sharply reduced populations. In 1989, only about 620 mountain gorillas remained, an order of magnitude lower than historic population …

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Biden Administration Will Cancel Trump-Era Oil And Gas Leases In Alaskan Wildlife Refuge

Biden Administration Will Cancel Trump-Era Oil And Gas Leases In Alaskan Wildlife Refuge

Topline The Biden Administration plans to announce the cancellation of oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to multiple reports, a move that comes more than two years after the administration suspended the leases. A polar bear walks through an icy area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Sylvain …

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How Roads Have Transformed the Natural World | Science

How Roads Have Transformed the Natural World | Science

Ben Goldfarb Author of Crossings When alien archaeologists exhume the rubble of human civilization, they may conclude that our raison d’être was building roads. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the Earth, from the continent-​spanning Pan-​American Highway to the hundred thousand miles of illegal logging routes that filigree the Amazon. Our planet is burdened …

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