Rare Deep-Sea Shark Faces Extinction As Its Home Disappears
The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...
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Scientists call for efforts to protect habitats of critically endangered shark species
The whitefin swellshark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered for a number of years due to declines largely attributed to fishing ...
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‘Silent killing machines’: How water canals threaten wildlife across the globe
Deadly drownings of animals in water canals for irrigation and other purposes have been observed in various countries. The ...
10 new sponge species discovered in Hawaii's Kāne'ohe Bay
In a succession of studies published this week and last month in the journals PeerJ and Zootaxa, researchers at Hawai'i ...