There has been a lot of publicity about shark culling in West Australia, Isle de la Réunion and Seychelles. And rightfully so. But the populations […]
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05
Feb
2014
Mysterious Travels by Tagged Tigers
In Australia, the government has started to cull sharks of 3 meter or longer with baited drum lines. But these sharks are not Australian, they […]
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30
Jan
2014
Baby talk
We do not yet know much about the reproductive strategies of sharks and rays. Sharks have probably been very successful through the evolution because they […]
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23
Jan
2014
Elephant what??? Meet the elephant shark
The elephant shark is a relic of a bygone age, sometimes called a living fossil, a creature alive today that has changed little since it […]
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15
Jan
2014
Have tag, will travel!
Galeorhinus galeus is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names include school shark, tope shark, soupfin […]
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09
Jan
2014
Do Sharks Sleep?
Humans love to crash on the coach every day, but sharks don’t. Some sharks, like the pelagic species, just have to keep swimming. For them, […]
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31
Dec
2013
What did we do in 2013??
After working abroad we returned to the Netherlands, and discovered that the number of Dutch Sharks is increasing. And so are the ‘shark myths’: […]
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27
Dec
2013
Meet Dorien!
From January 1st, 2014, our team will be joined by Dorien Schröder. Dorien has experience in shark research and education, and we are happy to […]
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19
Dec
2013
Designing a New Submarine? Look at Stingrays!
Many of us have the privilege of watching stingrays moving: maybe on television or actually in the water during a dive (and if you have […]
More / MeerA few years ago, on a dive boat on the North Sea, one of our fellow divers, who is also an avid recreational angler, told […]
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