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Because hammerhead sharks give birth to live young, studying their embryonic development is much more complicated than harvesting some eggs and watching them develop in real time.
Some baby sharks eat their unborn siblings in utero, while others spend 100 years in childhood. Sink your teeth into the weird world of these juvenile wonders of the deep.
The first hammerhead shark was likely the result of a genetic deformity. A biologist explains how shark DNA reveals hammerheads’ history.
Some media have reported shark numbers at ‘plague proportions’ in Australian waters. But a new analysis suggests the opposite: species such as hammerheads and white sharks have plummeted in number.
Sharks were a major talking point at the CITES conference this year and their protection has been expanded to cover new species.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Marine Ecology, Florida International University
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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PhD Candidate, James Cook University
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
