Our selection of top shark stories, highlighting the latest news and discoveries from around the world...

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Incredibly, A Blue Shark Survived Being Impaled Through The Skull By A Swordfish

2nd October

A fishing crew in southern Albania have caught a blue shark that, until then, had defied the odds. The animal had been skewered through its head by a swordfish and survived in what is the first known case of a shark living after receiving such a wound. 

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Sharks found to eat sea urchins as large as their heads in accidental discovery by Australian researchers

4th October

Researchers tethered 50 long-spined and 50 short-spined urchins outside lobster den and sharks were observed ‘smashing the whole thing’

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Incredible footage of a 30-foot basking shark off the Northumberland Coast 

6th October

The Basking Shark was spotted just a couple of miles from the Farne Islands in North Northumberland 

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Whale sharks on collision course as warming seas may force them into shipping lanes – new study

7th October

Global warming has the potential to reshuffle the spaces used by life on Earth, across all ecosystems. And our new research shows whale sharks – the world’s largest fish – could be at risk, as warming oceans may force them into busy human shipping lanes.

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Two angel sharks tagged off Kerry coast in ‘landmark moment’ for conservation efforts

9th October

Two critically endangered angel sharks have been tagged by local fishermen and Marine Institute scientists in Tralee Bay, Co Kerry.

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New Skate Species Discovered In The Madagascar Ridge

10th October

To date, it has only been found on the southern end of the Madagascar Ridge and have not been recorded anywhere else in the world. And though exciting, this also raises concerns.

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Scientists and fishers work together to protect endangered sawfish

12th October

Scientists have finished a three-year study collecting the knowledge of fishers to better understand the population dispersal of sawfish. 

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Scientists Reveal The Depths Of Megamouth Shark Movements

31st October

A recent study set out to investigate the horizontal and vertical movements of megamouth sharks in the northwest Pacific, focusing on waters off the coast of Taiwan. By tagging adult megamouth sharks with pop-up satellite archival transmitters, researchers were able to track their movements for periods ranging from 12 to 244 days. 

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