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May 19, 2021 NEWPORT, Ore. – The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home is holding steady at about 300 animals and shows some signs of growth, a new long-term study of the species has shown. Between 2011 and 2018, researchers were able to identify hundreds of individual adult and subadult white sharks, which are not fully mature but are old enough to prey on marine mammals. They used that information to develop estimates of the sharks’ abundance. “The finding, a result of eight years of photographing and identifying individual sharks in t...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers use a camera on a pole to document the unique dorsal fin markings of a white shark off the California coast. view more  Credit: Scot Anderson NEWPORT, Ore. - The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home is holding steady at about 300 animals and shows some signs of growth, a new long-term study of the species has shown. Between 2011 and 2018, researchers were able to identify hundreds of individual adult and subadult white sharks, which are not fully mature but are old enough to prey on marine mammals. They used ...

Female elephant seals spend most of the year hunting fishes in the deep Pacific Ocean. Claudio Contreras Female elephant seals hunt nonstop, sleeping just 1 hour a night May. 12, 2021 , 2:00 PM There’s no 9-to-5 for female northern elephant seals. After the winter breeding season, the animals spend more than 19 hours—and up to 24 hours—per day hunting in the northern Pacific Ocean, killing up to 2000 small fish daily to survive, according to a new study of these elusive animals. The work, made possible by cameras and devices attached to the seals’ heads, could also help scien...

Apr 27, 2021 MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel and the COVID-19 Response Team recently announced the eleventh week of COVID-19 Hero nominations for April 19-23. Nominations are recognized in a video posted weekdays on the Chautauqua County Government Facebook page, and each nominee receives a personal note from the County Executive’s Office. “We continue to recognize the selfless work of people in our communities across Chautauqua County,” said County Executive PJ Wendel. “I want to again personally thank our week eleven nominees: Brenda Leone, Jennifer Phillips, Davi...

Revolutionary Techniques Using Environmental DNA Are Analysing Entire Ecosystems 26/04/2021 Representative image of an underwater ecosystem. Photo: Hung Tran/Pexels Hilary Starks couldn’t wait to get her first three samples of the day. She was standing expectantly on the deck of the 117-foot research vessel Western Flyer in 2015, searching the waters of California’s Monterey Bay below. The winch on deck started moving as pulleys and wires slowly lifted what she was waiting for: a five-foot submersible carrying large plastic bottles full of seawater. Starks, then a lab technici...