• Peter Benchley - The man who loved sharks
  Peter Benchley, who died at age 65, was the very model of a pulp writer. The grandson of Robert Benchley, the humorist and Algonquin troubadour, and the son of Nathaniel Benchley, the novelist, Peter had one truly inspired idea that he proceeded to pound into the ground for nearly three decades.
• Australia: Researchers tag grey nurse sharks - to protect the endangered species
  Researchers are tracking two grey nurse sharks in the waters off south east Queensland in a bid to protect the endangered species.
• Sharks' future in doubt as they shun ocean depths
  Fears for the future of the world's sharks have been raised by research which suggests their territory is smaller than previously thought.
• Shark attacks down in 2005 but up over long term
  Worldwide shark-attack numbers fell in 2005 for the fifth year in a row.
• A Look at the Giant Squid - Cannibals or Kinky?
  Until now experts believed that Giant Squid were cannibalistic. This conclusion was based on the fact that they discovered pieces of other Giant Squid in the stomachs of specimens studied.
• Thousands of giant squid wash up on Chilean beach
  Authorities began removing hundreds of tons of squid that washed up on a beach in southern Chile and were in a process of decomposing, police said Friday.
• Australia: Ningaloo reef may go 'World Heritage'
  Western Australia is closer to asking for World Heritage protection for Ningaloo Reef, one of the world's most pristine marine environments.
• World shark attacks dipped in 2005
  Assertive and even aggressive human behavior could explain why shark attacks worldwide dipped last year, continuing a five-year downward trend in close encounters with the oceanic predators, new University of Florida research suggests...
• Worldwide shark attacks down in 2005, continuing trend
  The number of fatal and nonfatal shark attacks worldwide dropped in 2005, continuing a five-year trend, researchers said Monday.
• Why do tiger sharks eat more loggerhead than green turtles
  Take a dive with researchers in Australia's Shark Bay to find out why tiger sharks make more meals of the sleek, high-flying loggerhead sea turtle than its slower bottom-swimming cousin, the green sea turtle.
• Galapagos tour operator banned for two months following illegal shark fishing
  The regulatory authority of the Galapagos National Park suspended Celebrity Xpeditions from operating tours in the Galapagos Islands for two months as a consequence of an illegal shark-fishing incident.
• Caribbean atoll boasts treasure trove of marine life species
  An underwater mountain with some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean has been found by scientists.
• Research needed on marine sound
  Research into the effect of sound in the oceans on marine mammals should be commissioned by the UK Government, a report recommends.
• The epic odyssey of a Great White Shark
  A female great white shark tagged in waters off South Africa has completed the first known transoceanic trip for an individual shark.
• Project AWARE whale shark project joins forces with ECOCEAN
  Project AWARE Foundation, the dive industry's leading non-profit environmental organisation has recently joined forces with ECOCEAN a marine conservation group dedicated to the conservation of the whale shark.
• Great White sharks are really grey...
  Australian Broadcasting began a new series this month designed to teach the public many fascinating facts about great whites and the shark family as a whole.
• Egypt awarded Shark Guardian of the Year
  Due to the campaign, led by HEPCA and supported by the Red Sea Governate, The National Parks of Egypt, the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, to secure a decree banning shark fishing in the whole of the Egyptian Red Sea, in order to protect the shark population and environment of Egypt, the Shark Project has named Egypt as the Shark Guardian of the Year 2006.
• Satellite tags to solve hammerhead mating, migration mysteries?
  How far would you go to save a species? When it comes to great hammerhead sharks, Wes Pratt shows more mettle than most.
• Rare megamouth shark netted in the Philippines
  Hundreds of residents of Bayawan City in southern Oriental Negros woke up yesterday to the sight of the biggest fish they ever saw following the accidental capture by fishermen of a rare five-meter megamouth shark.
• Great Barrier Reef: Coral severely bleached
  Scientists warned on Friday that high ocean temperatures linked to global warming had caused severe coral bleaching in parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
• South Africa: Shark victim's long wait for rescue
  Mauled and bleeding after a shark attack on the Wild Coast, a Scottburgh man watched his emergency air ambulance circling vainly above Mthatha Airport for more than an hour, unable to rescue him because no one was around to switch on the runway landing lights.
• Scientists fear calamity for marine life
  Worried about the future of some marine species or other? Well, noble though your concerns are, there could be a much more emphatic disaster looming.
• Australia: Fears that oil spill may threaten Great Barrier Reef
  A fisheries conservationist has raised concerns about the possibility of an oil spill in the Gladstone Harbour in central Queensland reaching the Great Barrier Reef.
• Deep-sea fish species decimated in a generation
  At least five species of deepwater exotic fish - only caught since the 1970s - are now on the critically endangered list, according to Canadian scientists. The researchers say many other species are likely to be similarly endangered and, worse, there seems little hope of saving them.
• Australia: Gladstone oil spill a tragedy for marine life
  As the multi-million dollar clean-up of Queensland's worst oil spill in more than 30 years moves into its second day, the focus is turning to the environmental impact.

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