Now playing Next Scenes Meet the women saving sharks off the coast of Mexico "The town we're working with is called Agua Amarga. It is a small fishing town with a population of 500 people. We are training them so that they can have an extra income and they can eventually phase out shark fishing." 26/09/2022
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Now playing Next Culture news Sharks exhibition in New York aims to change the 'jaws' image The exhibition will be open until August 14, 2022, at New York's American Museum of Natural History. 12/01/2022
Now playing Next no comment A sand shark released from a fisherman's hook A fisherman caught a sand shark on his fishing line in Hatay, Turkey. Unable to remove the hook from the fish's mouth, he pulled the animal to the shore with his boat. 04/01/2022
Now playing Next Nature The secret sex lives of sharks have been revealed by new tech Mating rituals of mysterious Basker sharks have been exposed by oceanographers in the UK. 02/08/2021
Now playing Next Nature EU accounts for 22 per cent of global trade in shark meat, says WWF Thanks to confusing names, we could be eating more shark and ray meat than we realise. 16/07/2021
Now playing Next Nature Shark culling in Australia isn’t making it any safer to swim Experts argue that Australia’s shark control methods are contributing to the largest marine cull in history. 13/07/2021
Now playing Next Green News Magnetic migration: Sharks’ have GPS to navigate the oceans Sharks travel tens of thousands of kilometres every year. Breakthrough in research that shows the influence of magnetic fields on migration routes could help conservation efforts. 27/05/2021
Now playing Next Nature Shark fishing for profit could soon be legal in the Maldives Is killing more sharks the answer to boost the economy in the Maldives? 06/04/2021
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Scientists discover glow-in-the-dark sharks off New Zealand They say that the findings had repercussions for our understanding of life in the deep sea; one of the least-studied ecosystems on the planet. 03/03/2021
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe 'Curtains of death': Conservationists warn on swimming safety nets There were 100 attacks by sharks on humans last year. In that time, humans killed 100 million sharks. So didn't Jaws have the shark-to-human dynamic the wrong way round? 14/01/2021
Now playing Next no comment Fibreglass shark linked to Jaws movie is installed at new musuem The shark was rescued from a scrapyard and will go on display at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. 24/11/2020
Now playing Next Green News Half a million sharks could be killed for Covid-19 vaccine, says NGO “Sourcing an ingredient from a wild animal is not a long-term solution." 29/09/2020
Now playing Next Green News Grey reef sharks have a ‘social network’ of long-term friends And it could make finding food easier for them. 13/08/2020
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