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Giant whales and collapsing cod stocks: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 29th, 2018

Posted on March 29, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow shark and ray biologist Jeremy Vaudo on twitter! Science may have a reason why whales get so big. By Carrie Arnold, for National Geographic. Paleo profile: The fish from China. By Brian Switek, for Scientific American. Mass stranding in Australia claims 130 whales. Video, for the Guardian. Spoils (long reads and … Read More “Giant whales and collapsing cod stocks: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 29th, 2018” »

Listening for fish, glass sponges, and braking for whales: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 17, 2017

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 By David Shiffman
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 Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch this tiger shark take on an albatross on some of my favorite National Geographic natural history footage 
  • Follow Dr. Maria Jose Juan-Jorda, a postdoctoral researcher studying sustainable shark and tuna fisheries, on twitter!
  • To see a coelocanth. By Steve Midway, for the Fisheries Blog.
  • Scientific expedition set to explore British Columbia’s glass sponge reefs. By Larry Pynn, for the Vancouver Sun.

Read More “Listening for fish, glass sponges, and braking for whales: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 17, 2017” »

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