Over the past decade, drones have become a popular tool for wildlife management and
research. Drones have shown significant value for animals that were often difficult or …

White sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, are often described as elusive, with little information
available due to the logistical difficulties of studying large marine predators that make long …

Context A series of unprovoked shark attacks on New South Wales (Australia) beaches
between 2013 and 2015 triggered an investigation of new and emerging technologies for …

To improve ability to detect white sharks without the need for tags, or visual census, we
developed a species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) assay that targets a 163 bp …

White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are the largest shark species to display regional
endothermy. This capability likely facilitates exploitation of resources beyond thermal …

Human activities in the oceans increase the extinction risk of marine megafauna.
Interventions require an understanding of movement patterns and the spatiotemporal …

The advent of electronic tagging has seen vast advances in our understanding of marine top-
order predator movements over broad spatial scales. However, most studies are restricted to …

Recent rapid urbanization has imposed novel challenges to animals. Urban animals alter
their behaviors such as increased boldness, exploration, and aggressiveness to cope with …

Unprecedented levels of change in ocean ecosystems bring an ever-increasing need for re-
analyses of existing data to explore pressing conservation questions. Substantial declines in …

Many terrestrial and aquatic taxa are known to form periodic aggregations, whether across
life history or solely during specific life stages, that are generally governed by the availability …