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.
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Drones are now being used to warn beachgoers about sharks – with groundbreaking accuracy.
The return of white sharks to Cape Cod, Massachusetts was a tourism success story – until a shark killed a swimmer. Can the Cape's residents and visitors learn to share the ocean with these apex predators?
Africa's remaining sawfishes are found along the coasts of Madagascar and Mozambique. But they are under threat.
Sharks have a PR problem. But new research shows that shark ecotourism programs boost people's knowledge and attitudes towards shark conservation – even among those who are green-minded to begin with.
Forget the scare stories, sharks are good for our oceans.
Megalodons are the latest Hollywood monster to leap out of the fossil record, but what else is lurking in prehistoric seas?
The latest scary shark film, The Meg, opens this week. But fictionalised tales of monster fish blind us to the important role sharks play in maintaining the health of our oceans.
What is it that makes films about sharks so popular?
Why do whale sharks come together at just 20 locations around the globe?
The news media routinely 'beats up' shark stories in search of clicks and profits, according to focus groups and surveys of social media posts.
New research shows just how different male and female sharks can be.
When humans have conflicts with wildlife, the first reaction is often to cull them. But there's little evidence to show that it works, and removing predators can even backfire and make things worse.
We cannot spot every shark in the ocean. But we can detect their 'environmental DNA'.
If sharks habitats aren't known, it's harder to conserve either the animals or those habitats.
How many shark encounters have there been at your local beach? Explore our interactive map to see 20 years of incidents between humans and sharks in coastal waters around Australia.
New research has used genetic analysis in a world-first effort to accurately estimate Australian and New Zealand white shark numbers.
Scientists may have discovered why cancer incidence rises with age, and it's got more to do with the immune system than people thought.
Plankton has a chemical fingerprint that reveals where it came from. Scientists have now used this to track sharks at the opposite end of the food web.
Interactions between sharks and humans happen in a variety of places. That means reducing conflict needs different interventions.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia
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Shark biologist, University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Wollongong
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Director, Florida Program for Shark Research and Coordinator of Museum Operations, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
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PhD graduate, University of Southampton
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Marine Biologist, South African National Parks (SANParks); Institute for Communities and Wildlife, University of Cape Town, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Director of the UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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John Long is a Friend of The Conversation.
Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Senior Research Fellow, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
