Smithsonian Magazine on MSN21h
Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are Intact
Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...
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Scientists unlock mysteries of shark and ray species, in an effort to protect their future
Scientists have unlocked the mysteries of how shark and ray species move up and down the ... The research team, including fish biologist Ryan Saunders at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), analyzed ...
Study Finds on MSN2d
Shark Fishing is Pushing Some Species to the Brink of Extinction
Research shows that catch-and-release policies aren’t enough to slow the trend In a nutshell Catch-and-release policies help but aren’t enough. While retention bans reduce shark deaths, many species ...
Endangered smalltooth sawfish rescued from fishing net in Lantana by FWC officers
The federally endangered smalltooth sawfish, which was approximately 14-feet long, had the tip of its long flat snout tangled ...
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6-foot-long sea creature — with ‘sharp’ snout — discovered as new species in Colombia
One female ray was caught pregnant with ... of the first researchers interested in the fish fauna of the Colombian Pacific.” The new species’ common name refers to its distinctive snout.