Beneath the shimmering surface of our world's oceans lies an intricate web of marine life, each species weaving an essential thread in the fabric of our planet's delicate oceanic ecosystems. However, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are over 500 species of sharks swimming in the deep blue sea. The ocean's apex predator has been around for a very long time ...

The Brazilian Guitarfish (Pseudobatos horkelii), Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis) and Daggernose Shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) are among the Brazilian elasmobranchs facing increased risk of ...

Most fauna in the deep-sea rely upon a drizzle of particles of decaying animals and feces. This marine snow is of low food quality as you might expect death and feces to be. Occasionally, deep-sea ...

New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, ...

Elasmobranchs use a variety of adaptations to enhance buoyancy including reduced tissue density and large, lipid rich livers. We examined the hypothesis that free swimming rays (Aetobatus narinari, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The elasmobranchs represent a fascinating series of experiments in the evolution of maternal support for developing embryos. In oviparous ...

May 6th, 2017 Biologists have discovered that, like their marine relatives, river stingrays are in decline due to excessive fishing pressure. Many elasmobranchs – sharks, skates and rays – are ...

So long ago as 1858, Staedeler and Frerichs 1 discovered the presence of large amounts of urea in three species of elasmobranch fishes. Many more have been examined since that time, and it is known to ...

Longlines, bearing hundreds, sometimes thousands, of baited hooks, catch commercially valuable fish. But they also catch sharks and rays, turtles and birds. This harms ecosystems. And removing the ...