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Bringing Ocean Blogging Back! What you read on Southern Fried Science in 2024

Posted on January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 By Andrew Thaler
Bringing Ocean Blogging Back! What you read on Southern Fried Science in 2024
Blogging

After a two and a half year slumber, we brought Southern Fried Science back into the blogging world in a big way. Last year, we published 96 posts, ranging from weird rants about epoxy river tables to long reflections on my reality TV past, to dressing up as a shark and going to a birthday … Read More “Bringing Ocean Blogging Back! What you read on Southern Fried Science in 2024” »

How the summer of sharks reshaped our understanding of US presidential elections.

Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 By Andrew Thaler
How the summer of sharks reshaped our understanding of US presidential elections.
Featured, Policy

The year was 1916, the First World War raged, Woodrow Wilson was in a desperate three-way race for reelection, and sharks were about to experience a shift in public perception that would endure into the next millennium. Prior to 1916, sharks weren’t regarded as particularly dangerous in the United States. A 1915 letter in the … Read More “How the summer of sharks reshaped our understanding of US presidential elections.” »

Project 2025, chicken coops, seabed mining, and the classics: 3 Months of readership stats for Southern Fried Science

Posted on October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
Project 2025, chicken coops, seabed mining, and the classics: 3 Months of readership stats for Southern Fried Science
Blogging

It’s been three months since we posted our last traffic update. I’ve been prepping or traveling since August running OpenCTD workshops and the rest of the team is likewise busy with research, outreach, and policy work. We’ve been quiet, only publishing 12 articles in the last quarter and the traffic reflects that. Traffic is down … Read More “Project 2025, chicken coops, seabed mining, and the classics: 3 Months of readership stats for Southern Fried Science” »

Jumping the shark: New study reviews the breaching behavior of sharks and rays

Posted on September 19, 2024September 20, 2024 By David Shiffman
Jumping the shark: New study reviews the breaching behavior of sharks and rays
Featured, Science

One of the most iconic images of shark behavior is a great white shark hitting its prey so hard from below that the whole shark flies out of the water. This behavior, called “breaching,” has been documented in many species, and is useful for a variety of ecological functions, not just hunting. I spoke to … Read More “Jumping the shark: New study reviews the breaching behavior of sharks and rays” »

Donald Trump and Sharks: An Annotated Timeline

Posted on June 27, 2024 By David Shiffman
Donald Trump and Sharks: An Annotated Timeline
Blogging, Popular Culture

The former President’s recent bizarre rant about sharks has gone viral on social media, but this is just the latest in a long and weird saga. These tweets are real. Did you know their backstory? July 2007: Donald Trump meets with adult film star Stormy Daniels, inviting her to his hotel room. Upon arrival, he … Read More “Donald Trump and Sharks: An Annotated Timeline” »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Experts respond to concerns over the relative risks of electric boats and shark encounters

Posted on June 9, 2024June 10, 2024 By Southern Fried Science 1 Comment on FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Experts respond to concerns over the relative risks of electric boats and shark encounters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Experts respond to concerns over the relative risks of electric boats and shark encounters
News, Science

A joint statement from David Shiffman Consulting, Inc and Blackbeard Biologic: Science and Environmental Advisors A 2024 presidential hopeful recently expressed concerns regarding the relative risks of electric boats and shark attacks, stating that: “What would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is … Read More “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Experts respond to concerns over the relative risks of electric boats and shark encounters” »

Not much: What you read on Southern Fried Science in May

Posted on May 30, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
Not much: What you read on Southern Fried Science in May
Blogging

May has historically been one of the slowest months on the blog. The weather is getting nice and Southern Fried Science readers and writers have other priorities as the academic year comes to a close. We only published 8 articles this month and logged about 11,000 unique visitors. You were interested in the news that … Read More “Not much: What you read on Southern Fried Science in May” »

Space Crabs, Big Boats, and Fake Sharks: What you read on Southern Fried Science in March

Posted on March 31, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
Space Crabs, Big Boats, and Fake Sharks: What you read on Southern Fried Science in March
Blogging

After a trio of very widely read articles triggered a traffic surge in February, including David’s critical expert analysis of cross-order hybridization, our visitor count normalized a bit on the old ocean science and conservation blog. A little more than 19,500 people visited Southern Fried Science in March, a roughly 50% increase from January. You … Read More “Space Crabs, Big Boats, and Fake Sharks: What you read on Southern Fried Science in March” »

We Were Wrong About Megalodon: lessons learned from 10 years combating fake science in popular media

Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
We Were Wrong About Megalodon: lessons learned from 10 years combating fake science in popular media
Blogging, Education, Featured

Twelve years ago, Discovery Channel aired a documentary so egregiously bad, so wildly dishonest, and so utterly contemptuous of its audience, that it set the entire Science Blogging Community alight. And then, a year later, they followed it up with another. This was a clarifying moment for science, and especially ocean science, blogging. We weren’t … Read More “We Were Wrong About Megalodon: lessons learned from 10 years combating fake science in popular media” »

Of all the things that haven’t happened, these are the things that haven’t happened in the Ocean so far this year

Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 By Southern Fried Science
Of all the things that haven’t happened, these are the things that haven’t happened in the Ocean so far this year
Blogging, Climate change, Conservation, Exploration, Featured, Science

In the past, we’ve done a little write up whenever some exaggerated of fabricated piece of ocean news crosses our desk. This year, we’re going to try something new. A one-stop, periodically updated clearinghouse for all the things that did not happen in the ocean this year. A shark did not impregnate a stingray Some … Read More “Of all the things that haven’t happened, these are the things that haven’t happened in the Ocean so far this year” »

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