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Megalodon tooth and great white shark tooth held in hand

The largest shark that ever lived – Megalodon (The Meg) in New Zealand

With today’s launch of the film The Meg, Curator of Vertebrates Alan Tennyson looks at what we know about the monster that grew to 18 metres and lived in New Zealand’s waters – the megalodon ‘big tooth’ shark (Carcharocles megalodon).Read more

2018-08-16
By: Alan Tennyson
On: 16 Aug 2018
In: Science

Ghost shark in volcano caught on camera

A rare sighting has been made by one of our hosts Perry Hyde, and the rest of the crew of the JOIDES Resolution.Read more

2018-05-24
By: Perry Hyde
On: 24 May 2018
In: Science

Shark bait – Le vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa (Samoan Language Week) 2013

Welcome to the sixth blog of our series celebrating le vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa (Samoan Language Week) from 26-31 May 2013. This is a tu’i ipu – a rattle used by Samoan fishermen when they are hunting sharks. The Samoan word for shark is malie. The tu’i ipu is made fromRead more

2013-05-31
By: Sean Mallon
On: 31 May 2013
In: Pacific

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