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Fourth shark attack in Australia in 48 hours
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - A shark bit a surfer at a beach in New South Wales on Tuesday, the fourth shark attack in the eastern state in just 48 hours, authorities said.
Racing towards great white sharks in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there’s one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators.
Japan builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/12/2025
» TOKYO — As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines.
Over 70 shark, ray species win new wildlife trade protections
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» BANGKOK - The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win".
Rhino horn sales, shark protection on wildlife talks agenda
AFP, Published on 24/11/2025
» Global wildlife talks open Monday, with debates set to take on questions ranging from protection of sharks, a bid to allow limited rhino horn sales and a push to restrict the trade in eels.
Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY — High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell.
AI-generated fakes proliferate as Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged toward Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the massive Category 5 storm.
Bull sharks linger in warming Sydney waters
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» SYDNEY - Bull sharks are lingering off Sydney's beaches for longer periods each year as oceans warm, researchers said Friday, predicting they may one day stay all year.
'Alpha predator' sharks and humans clash on an Israeli beach
AFP, Published on 18/05/2025
» HADERA (ISRAEL) - With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the rippling surf: black shark fins.
‘Unprecedented’ mass bleaching ruins Australian reef
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» SYDNEY - An “unprecedented” mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia’s western coast, scientists said on Wednesday, turning huge swathes of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white.