Sophie Goldsmith reflects on Professor John Evans’ new book, which explores US public opinion about human brain organoids and neural chimaeras. Read in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/book-review-...

#BrainOrganoids #Brain #Science #Ethics #bioethics #NeuralChimaeras #Chimaeras

The ultra cool elephant fish in the Monterey Bay Aquarium searching for food

#MarineLife #DeepSea #FishyFriday #Fish #SpiderCrab #CallorhinchusMilii #Chimaeras #MBARI #Scape #California

Sharks, rays, chimaeras further threatened by deep-sea mining The habitat of thirty species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed deep-sea mining may occur, according to new research. Nearly two-thirds of these species are already threatened with extinction due to human impacts, so deep-sea mining, which will disrupt the seafloor and discharge large plumes of sediment into the water above, has the potential to elevate their extinction risk.

2-Oct-2025
#Sharks, #rays, #chimaeras further threatened by #deepSeaMining

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100669

#science #ecology #conservation #MarineBiology

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. Credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda.

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Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈

📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda

Happy World Ocean Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group! This year's theme is "Sustainable Fishing Means More".

@MSCbluefishtick #WorldOceansDay #BigBlueFuture #MoreFish #sharks #rays #chimaeras

Meet Lotte, a recipient of our Keystone Grant.
We look forward to following along as Lotte will use acoustic telemetry to complete the first advanced tracking study of chimaeras.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/the-...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #chimaeras

Whether they are human on top or human on bottom makes a difference. Maleness and femaleness, too, means something different. (Part 3 of 3) Find out more:
www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... #hybrids #chimaeras #human #Animal #mythology #MythicalCreatures #creatures #mysteries #GreekMythology

Whether they are human on top or human on bottom makes a difference. Maleness and femaleness, too, means something different. (Part 2 of 3) Find out more:
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#hybrids #chimaeras #human #Animal #mythology #MythicalCreatures #creatures #mysteries #GreekMythology

Whether they are human on top or human on bottom makes a difference. Maleness and femaleness, too, means something different. (Part 1 of 3) Find out more:
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#hybrids #chimaeras #human #Animal #mythology #MythicalCreatures #creatures #mysteries #GreekMythology

An enigmatic elephant fish for #FebruArty #FishyFeb #DeepSea

#MarineLife #Fish #MontereyBay #MBARI #MontereyBayAquarium #InTheDeep #WestCoast #Chimaeras #Chondrichthyes

Rima Jabado of IUCN Species Survival Commission presents the status of #sharks, #rays & #chimaeras, underscoring they play key ecological roles in the ecosystems they inhabit.

With threats to their survival come from #overfishing, their low productivity hinders their recovery.

New evidence spells massive trouble for world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras Evolution has perfected the world’s sharks and rays for more than 420 million years. Unlike the ammonites or pterosaurs that they once shared the oceans with, sharks and rays persevered through five m...

#Chondrichthyes
#Elasmobranchii

#Sharks
#Rays
#Chimaeras

#Oceans
#Extinctions
#SixthMassExtinction

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The $1-Billion Shark Trade: Can Conservation Keep Up? Shark and ray products now rival the fin trade in value, but with many species threatened, conservation requires immediate, country-specific action. A comprehensive report outlines solutions.

The billion dollar trade in #elasmobranchs a piece based on the IUCN report on the global conservation of #sharks #rays & #chimaeras
“This report is a call to action………... It is the only way these species will survive and continue to thrive in aquatic ecosystems.”

www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...

I am stoked about our new PUFFINS project (not involving puffins😢)! If you're interested in #restoration and #tracking, or #eels and #chimaeras - follow @bergentelemetry.bsky.social for updates on the project! 🦈

#NFR_PUFFINS

#Field Guide to #Sharks, #Rays, and #Chimaeras of the East Coast of North America (@PrincetonUPress)
by David A. Ebert and Marc Dando

#book review by Jake Wood of the @MarianneEPorter lab
& free ICB & our sibling journal IOB reads,

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/08/06/f...

Sharks, Skates, Rays & Chimaeras of #Namibia. An identification guide. An illustrated guide to the 88 species of #sharks, #skates, #rays & #chimaeras known to inhabit Namibian waters.
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Susceptibility of #sharks, #rays & #chimaeras to global #extinction http://is.gd/8fkxJz