🐟THE FORGOTTEN RELATIVES OF THE SHARK🦈 You know & love them as nature's little oddballs. But how exactly do chimaera differ from their sharky cousins? Listen to our chimaera episode here: bit.ly/3SzIPq2 📸Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, Universität Bremen

Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity | New Scientist buff.ly/3yJBvl8

This "Barbeled Dragonfish" (Leptostomias bilobatus) has a spectacular barbel. If you look at the magnified barbel to the bottom of the composite image, there are a couple of lobes to the barbel, highlighted in pink. One is tiny, the other the entire end of the barbel.

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🦈AGEING CHIMERA🐟 Did you know, we have no idea how old chimaeras get? Dr Brit Finucci (Brit Finucci) talks us through the challenges of ageing chimeras and why we don't know if they live to be 10 or 100 years old. Listen to our chimaera episode:bit.ly/3SzIPq2 📸NOAA

The Tube Eye (Stylephorus chordatus) photographed on the Gulf of Mexico during the DEEPEND-RESTORE Project.

New paper. The scalloped bonnethead is a critically endangered, small species of hammerhead. Using telemetry we show these sharks are highly residential to small coastal areas of Colombia. This could make well placed and enforced MPAs effective tools.

Post-release survival of Whiteleg skate (Amblyraja taaf) caught as bycatch on demersal longlines in deep waters of the Southern Ocean (Crozet Archipelago) buff.ly/4dAoGcc

Cool shot of a baby chain catshark (Scyliorhinus retifer) by Ella Nicklin showing off its amazing bristle-like coat of skin teeth.. there are thousands of erupted dermal denticles covering the body. Each one is made of the hardest materials in nature and ready for action!⛓️😸🦈

☕️COFFEE WITH ANDREW☕️ In this month's segment, Andrew reminds us that chimaeras are not to be messed with. Expect to hear about the anatomy of their large defensive spines & some stories of where they've been found lodged in their victims. Watch it now: youtube.com/watch?v=TiKJeI…

Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin with our assessment of #climatechange impacts on #sharks MigraMar Pelagios Kakunjá Professor Jodie Rummer Andrew Chin 🐀 #ratified Pelayo Salinas Brit Finucci et al darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-ne…

Scientists on SARDI research vessel have discovered thousands of sleepy Port Jackson sharks blanketing the seafloor in deep (65m+) waters of the Bass Straight. Captured by a ROV, researchers noted that the gathering appeared to be exclusively female. IMAS

We're not often in the same room as our guests, so we took the opportunity to film our chat from our latest episode with Brit Finucci, all about chimaera. Watch the video here:bit.ly/3XmNxuh Prefer to read our interviews? Read the blog post here:bit.ly/3XnHCVS

Threadfin Dragonfish (Echiostoma barbatum) has a bioluminescent lure that dangles at the end of a short rod (a barbel) attached to its chin. The massive teeth of this species are used to grip prey items. Several series of photophores run the length of the body on this species

Really excited to work on this project with a diverse group of experts! Stay tuned for updates over the next while... Nicholas Dulvy Holly Kindsvater Nathan Pacoureau

beta version #Bycatch Data Explorer - tool to explore Fisheries Commission public domain, observer reported data #sharks #seaturtles #seabirds #cetaceans Details here: bmis-bycatch.org/index.php/byca… Feedback appreciated