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One of the scientists involved in tracking Contender – the biggest great white shark ever recorded by researchers in the Atlantic – has revealed how to escape a close encounter. Contender, the 14-foot ...

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

GREAT BARRINGTON — A scientist who once bucked pandemic policy told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the National Institutes of Health is the “crown jewel” of biomedical research and medical ...

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On January 17, 2025, research group OCEARCH located and tagged a gigantic male great white shark, now known as “Contender.” The shark’s name honors the Contender Boats that OCEARCH uses for their ...

A real shark scientist reacts to the wildest “close call” moments with great whites ever caught on camera. From cage dives gone wrong to surprise breaches next to boats, he explains what’s really ...

The Great Lakes owe their existence to a hotspot that was active hundreds of millions of years ago, according to new research. This Cape Verde hotspot currently sits beneath the island nation in the ...

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” via Jane Goodall InstituteCredit ...