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DNA Fingerprinting Method May Thwart False Labeling Of Shark Meat

Researchers in Spain are reporting that a new DNA identification method could thwart false labeling of shark species used in various seafood products, including the expensive Chinese delicacy known as shark fin soup.

Largest shark exhibit featured at Bishop Museum Family Sunday

The Bishop Museum's upcoming Family Sunday is centered on the special exhibit Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived. The event takes place this weekend, November 9, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Families can take advantage of reduced admissions rates and special hands-on activities at the museum.

Marine Biologists Study Whale Shark Poo

A marine biology crew has managed to record a whale shark - the world's biggest fish - expelling food waste, which was then scooped up for research.

Did Nintendo 'Jump the Shark' with Wii Music?

The phrase refers to a scene in a three-part episode of the American TV series, Happy Days, first broadcast on September 20, 1977. In the third of the three parts of the "Hollywood" episode, Fonzie (Henry Winkler), wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, jumps over a penned-in shark while water skiing.

Local fishermen to be part of major research on whale shark

Ahmedabad (PTI): An extensive research on the endangered whale shark found off the Saurashtra coast -- arguably the first of its kind in the country -- involving the local fishing community will be launched shortly.

Ex-gas utility executive swimming in shark-infested waters? (Power Lines blog)

Anyone who has been elected or appointed to the ranks of elite Washington, D.C., politics and society can tell you it is very much like swimming in shark-infested waters. For that reason alone, the appointment of Desirée Rogers to the office of Social Secretary may rank as one of President Obama (and wife Michelles) shrewdest decisions yet.

Robot gliders take the ocean's pulse

SHARK attacks, the Bermuda Triangle and shoals of fish interfering with their instruments - these are not problems encountered by most robots. They are, however, among the hazards that have to be dealt with by a growing fleet of self-guided underwater "gliders" patrolling the world's oceans.

Atlantic sharks at risk due to over-fishing: study

AFP/DDP/File – An employee of the Sea Life aquarium in Dresden, Germany, watches a shark swimming in the aquarium's …

The colour of Monet

"MAROONED, marooned," we wail in jest, as the driver of our water taxi offloads us at Shark Island's timber jetty and, with a cheery wave and vague promises to return, speeds away across Sydney Harbour towards distant Circular Quay.

Morning Piss: Reese, the New Angie!

As is if we needed another conniving, manipulative, rather good-looking gal operator in town, but mercy above, do we ever have one! Freshly graduated from the Angelina Jolie School of Shark-Swimming Without Scratches is...ta-da, Reese Witherspoon!

Holman Hunt

The first major Holman Hunt exhibition in over 40 years attempts to paint the co-founder of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood as the Damien Hirst of his day - a rebellious outsider determined to rid British art of parochialism and complacency. The analogy works up to a point: Hunt believed an artist should "go among robbers and deserts" and painted on the shores of the Dead sea with a shotgun by his side. If he had been Hirst, he would have insisted on bagging his own shark.

With a dash of luck, plucky batsman regains touch

FRESH, perky, quick on his pegs and blessed with a wide range of shots, Michael Clarke is a fine batsman to watch. Add a strong team ethic and an astute cricketing brain and his merits become obvious. All the more reason to celebrate the Australian vice-captain's timely return to form. Not that he had exactly lost touch. Instead, he had kept losing his wicket at inconvenient moments. At times, the fates seemed to be conspiring against him. Followers of the racing at Flemington will know the part chance has to play in sport. Cricket is no different. Sometimes, it is a matter of a faint edge or a close shave or a rejected appeal. And cricket has a shark's nose for those down in the dumps, eats them for breakfast.

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