In ecosystems, sharks can be predators, competitors, facilitators, nutrient transporters, and
food. However, overfishing and other threats have greatly reduced shark populations …

Advancements in space-based ocean observation and computational data processing
techniques have demonstrated transformative value for managing living resources …

Record-high ocean temperatures, combined with a confluence of extreme climate and
weather patterns, are pushing the world into uncharted waters. Researchers must help …

Climate change is shifting animal distributions. However, the extent to which future global
habitats of threatened marine megafauna will overlap existing human threats remains …

Wildlife tourism can benefit conservation of target species, however, it can have detrimental
effects on animal behaviour and physiology. Whale shark Rhincodon typus tourism has …

As the use of coastal and offshore environments expands, there is a need to better
understand the exposure of marine megafauna to anthropogenic activities that potentially …

Groups of basking sharks engaged in circling behaviour are rarely observed, and their
function remains enigmatic in the absence of detailed observations. Here, underwater and …

Animal migration has fascinated scientists and the public alike for centuries, yet migratory
animals are facing diverse threats that could lead to their demise. The Anthropocene is …

After the near-complete cessation of commercial whaling, ship collisions have emerged as a
primary threat to large whales, but knowledge of collision risk is lacking across most of the …

Despite the large size and economic value of the species, populations of oceanic manta ray
(Mobula birostris) are often poorly studied and almost completely undescribed in the Red …