Researchers run seawater through the mouth and gills of a captured tiger shark to keep it alive as they tag the animal and gather ultrasound images and other data from it. Scientists usually ...
Scientists have calculated the water temperature at which tiger sharks are most active and abundant. They say the sharks, which are second only to great whites in attacking people, prefer a balmy 22C.
Steve Backshall meets the most ravenous shark in the sea, the tiger shark. Known for eating tin cans and even car number plates, these sharks are in fact perfectly honed hunters.
"In a situation where you don't have that, going for the face and the gills and trying to ... two or three or four metre white shark or a three or four metre tiger shark... There's no chance ...
Misconceptions about these marine predators is putting shark populations—and the ocean ecosytem in general—at risk, say ...
Sand tiger sharks, also known as gray nurse sharks, have a deceivingly ferocious look. They are large-bodied and display a mouthful of sharp teeth that protrude in all directions, even when the ...
Parts of a woman’s body have been found inside the stomach of a Tiger shark two weeks after she disappeared in Indonesia. Colleen Monfore was on a diving trip with six friends and a tour guide ...
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Having tiger sharks nearby protects wide swaths of seagrass from being overgrazed, allowing it to grow into thick underwater ...
Parts of a woman’s body have been found inside the stomach of a Tiger shark two weeks after she disappeared in Indonesia. Colleen Monfore was on a diving trip with six friends and a tour guide near ...
This tragic event serves as a reminder of the dangers posed by white sharks and the importance of understanding and respecting their natural habitat. Tiger sharks, known for their size ...
Embryos of other sharks survive by feeding on their smaller siblings. This is called intrauterine cannibalism or sometimes as embryophagy ('embryo eating'). This is known to occur in sand tiger sharks ...