Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, toward the end of World War II, two Japanese torpedoes sunk the USS […] ...

In a dramatic turn of events, two sperm whales rescued a diver, Benoît Girodeau, from an oceanic whitetip shark attack off the coast of Mauritius, showcasing an extraordinary display of protective ...

There have been 13 unprovoked attacks recorded, including four fatalities. Oceanic Whitetip Shark The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), identifiable by the white tips on its fins ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks are rare but are one of ... white-tips were largely responsible for one of the deadliest shark attacks in history when the USS Indianapolis sunk in the Pacific in 1945 ...

The species is known to attack shipwreck survivors and are suspected to be responsible for numerous unrecorded human shark-related ... surround me.' The oceanic whitetip, which can grow ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks are the boldest ... A sure sign of a free meal, the shark can steal the fish right off the line! But populations of oceanic whitetips are crashing worldwide.

The oceanic whitetip shark has suffered population declines of up to 88 percent in the Atlantic. Populations of the giant manta ray, which has a wingspan of up to 29 feet, have plummeted by up to 95 ...

Oceanic Whitetip Shark with a Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tag and 2 Uniquely Numbered External Tags At Preparing An Oceanic Whitetip Shark for Release after Being Fitted with a Pop-Up Satellite Archival ...

Using photographic evidence, scientists were able to ascertain that the same oceanic whitetip shark carried out all the attacks, Burgess said. The shark in question had followed a boat from New ...

Even fish that are tucked tightly into cracks and crevices in the coral are a target, as the shark’s slender body allows it to squeeze into impossibly small holes. Other members of the pack will ...

The RJD team will conduct a comprehensive study on the movement patterns of oceanic whitetip sharks in the ... (“SPOT”) satellite tags to track shark behavior in near real-time for up to ...