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Eugenie Clark (May 4, 1922 – February 25, 2015), popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. Clark was a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes.
The Hemiscylliidae are a family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks. They are found in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific. They are relatively small sharks, with the largest species reaching no more than 121 cm (48 in) in adult body length.
Stewart Springer published papers on sharks, skates, and rays in a wide range of scientific journals including American Midland Naturalist, Copeia, Nature, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, the Florida Academy of Science, Science, Texas Journal of Science, UNESCO and various government agencies in the United States, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Your average shark may not be able to figure out that two plus two, equals four; however, new research says their hunting behavior makes them look like mathematical geniuses. Sharks use a keen ...
Cetacean intelligence is the overall intelligence and derived cognitive ability of aquatic mammals belonging in the infraorder Cetacea (cetaceans), including baleen whales, porpoises, and dolphins. In 2014, a study found for first time that the long-finned pilot whale has more neocortical neurons than any other mammal, including humans ...
Samuel H. Gruber (May 13, 1938 – April 18, 2019) was a shark biologist and founder of the American Elasmobranch Society.He was a professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science and the founder of the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation.
Shark researchers in California have expressed concern about the upcoming beach season and the safety of swimmers. Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach, ...
It has been suggested that g is related to evolutionary life histories and the evolution of intelligence [131] as well as to social learning and cultural intelligence. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] Non-human models of g have been used in genetic [ 134 ] and neurological [ 135 ] research on intelligence to help understand the mechanisms behind variation in g .