Pelagic thresher sharks are a sight to behold, but their numbers are dwindling as a result of illegal hunting and fishing. Now, however, scientists are using acoustics to learn more about these ...
Off Alor Island in the vast Indonesian archipelago, researchers and conservationists are using tagging technology to track endangered pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus), many of which are ...
FIU scientists Demian Chapman and Diego Cardeñosa use DNA to track and monitor the shark fin trade. Almost 85 percent of pelagic thresher shark fins sampled from retail markets in Hong Kong and China ...
Litobothrium aenigmaticum Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach,& Littlewood 2014 is a cestode species that parasitizes pelagic thresher sharks in Taiwan and the Gulf of California. A previous study using light ...