Record-breaking white shark may be heading to Mass. after months off radar www.masslive.com/capecod/2026...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
Scientists sail to Greenland to study melting ice sheets www.bbc.com/news/article... 🧪 🦑 🌍️
Scientists sail to Greenland to study melting ice sheets
A Cambridge scientist is leading the pioneering study into the impact of melting glaciers on our oceans.
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ICYMI: Last year I wrote all about how the IUCN Red List writes reports with hundreds of coauthors from around the world. Bonus- it includes the latest shark conservation stats. therevelator.org/global-conse...
What Does It Take to Write a Global Conservation Report? A New Assessment of Sharks Offers Answers • The Revelator
A two-year effort reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.
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This weird fish has a hedge-trimmer for a face. Scientists have just discovered something shocking about it Scientists assessed how vulnerable sharks and rays around the world are to climate threats and the largetooth sawfish came out top www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
This weird fish has a hedge-trimmer for a face. Scientists have just discovered something shocking about it | Discover Wildlife
Scientists assessed how vulnerable sharks and rays around the world are to climate threats and the largetooth sawfish came out top
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Characterizing electronic self-reporting programs in United States marine recreational fisheries doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... 🧪 🦑 🌍️ 🐟️
Redirecting
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Spatiotemporal distribution and behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Norwegian waters from 2019 to 2024: Insights from citizen science doi.org/10.1016/j.fi... 🧪 🦑 🌍️ 🐟️
Redirecting
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No-Take Protection Supports Richer Fish Assemblages at a Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) Aggregation Site doi.org/10.3390/fish...
No-Take Protection Supports Richer Fish Assemblages at a Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) Aggregation Site
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First Record of Bathyraja sp. (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in the Northern Indian Ocean and Evidence of a Deep-sea Skate Spawning Ground doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
First Record of Bathyraja sp. (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in the Northern Indian Ocean and Evidence of a Deep-sea Skate Spawning Ground
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Spatial and Temporal Use of a Tropical Nursery Habitat by Juvenile Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Frontiers | Spatial and Temporal Use of a Tropical Nursery Habitat by Juvenile Blacktip Sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) are a circumglobal species that rely on nearshore nursery habitats during their early years. Movement patterns and ha...
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ICYMI, latest year I wrote all about blobfish for SCUBA diving magazine. (They're real, and they're spectacular). www.scubadiving.com/are-blobfish...
Are Blobfish Real? What to Know About This Odd-Looking Creature
In this edition of “Ask A Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman discusses one of the internet’s favorite deep-sea weirdos.
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Global Patterns and Drivers of Climate Vulnerability in Sharks and Rays: A Reassessment Using the IRACC Framework doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
Global Patterns and Drivers of Climate Vulnerability in Sharks and Rays: A Reassessment Using the IRACC Framework
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Enhancing Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Conservation through Marxan-Based Spatial Analysis in Saleh Bay doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Enhancing Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Conservation through Marxan-Based Spatial Analysis in Saleh Bay
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Multispecies Elasmobranch Aggregation in the Subtropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... Here, we describe the opportunistic sighting of a multispecies aggregation
Multispecies Elasmobranch Aggregation in the Subtropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean
Here, we describe the opportunistic sighting of a multispecies aggregation of 70 hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), 30 silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) and 50 cownose rays (Rhinoptera sp.)…
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ICYMI, the longest-ever post on Southern Fried Science contains answers to 50 (ish) of the most commonly-asked questions about careers in marine biology, answered by me and a panel of experts. Please share! www.southernfriedscience.com/marine-biolo...
Marine Biology Career Advice
You asked us questions about marine biology careers, and our panel of experts answered them! In April, I solicited your questions about careers in marine biology, and we received nearly 100 questio…
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Global Quantification of the Ecological Footprint of Freshwater Fish Invasions doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Global Quantification of the Ecological Footprint of Freshwater Fish Invasions
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Friends, if you're interested in signing up for my masterclass in online public science engagement, early bird pricing (save $75) ends soon! You can take this for university transfer credit, or just to learn a skill! www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/pu...
Public Science Engagement Using Social Media — Center for Wildlife Studies
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"Fish species are being described at an accelerating rate, but a substantial fraction of recent descriptions rests on evidentiary standards too weak to distinguish genuine species "
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Perceptions of depredation by recreational anglers in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...
Perceptions of depredation by recreational anglers in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem
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ICYMI: My latest "organizations divers should know" for SCUBA diving magazine is all about Field School, which just celebrated ten years of working to make marine science more inclusive. www.scubadiving.com/conservation...
The Inclusive Marine Education Org Divers Should Know
<p>Marine biology can be hard to break into, especially for historically underrepresented minorities. This inclusive and supportive marine biology education organization is here to help.</p>
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Leopard sharks Stegostoma tigrinum in southern Mozambique: population structure, spatial ecology, and first observations of courtship behaviour doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
Leopard sharks Stegostoma tigrinum in southern Mozambique: population structure, spatial ecology, and first observations of courtship behaviour
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Life history and population dynamics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, in the northwest Atlantic Ocean doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...
Life history and population dynamics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, in the northwest Atlantic Ocean
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of eagle ray aggregation management in a Mediterranean marine protected area: a Q methodology approach doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...
Stakeholders’ perceptions of eagle ray aggregation management in a Mediterranean marine protected area: a Q methodology approach
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ICYMI, 2 years ago I wrote about the physics of thresher shark's incredible tail-whip behavior www.southernfriedscience.com/heres-how-th...
Here’s how thresher sharks whip their tails back and forth
A new study breaks down the biomechanics of one of the marine world’s most unusual hunting behaviors. Thresher sharks have one of the strangest body plans of any fish, with almost half their body c…
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Assessing the Vulnerability and the Stock Status of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus, in North-Eastern Tunisia (Central Mediterranean) Using Data-Limited Models doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
Assessing the Vulnerability and the Stock Status of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus, in North-Eastern Tunisia (Central Mediterranean) Using Data-Limited Models
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Reproductive behaviour of whitetip reef sharks Triaenodon obesus in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reproductive behaviour of whitetip reef sharks Triaenodon obesus in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico - Environmental Biology of Fishes
The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, is a placental, viviparous shark that is a representative of coral and rocky reefs along the Pacific Ocean. Observations on its reproduction have been made…
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Testing the effectiveness of an electrosensory deterrent on spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) through laboratory experiments doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...
Testing the effectiveness of an electrosensory deterrent on spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) through laboratory experiments
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ICYMI: My latest for Scientific American is all about the real science of Pokemon! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Identifying Shark and Ray Bycatch Hotspots in Sabah, Malaysia www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/7/...
Identifying Shark and Ray Bycatch Hotspots in Sabah, Malaysia
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I Will Love You to Death: A Divemaster’s View on Coral Tourism Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take to make it safe and sustainable. therevelator.org/coral-tourism/
I Will Love You to Death: A Divemaster’s View on Coral Tourism • The Revelator
Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take to make it safe and sustainable.
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Climate Attribution in Fishery Stock Assessment: Case Studies From the Northeast U.S. Groundfish Stocks doi.org/10.1111/faf....
Climate Attribution in Fishery Stock Assessment: Case Studies From the Northeast U.S. Groundfish Stocks
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