"First-of-its-kind event." Whale shark swims "astounding" 1,200km from Madagascar to Seychelles | Discover Wildlife Gentle giant’s epic journey highlights the need for transboundary conservation strategies, say researchers.

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"Photo-identification confirmed that a juvenile male first recorded off Nosy Be, Madagascar, in 2019, was resighted off Mahé in the Seychelles, in August 2025."

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As usual, the new @forbes.com column from #shark researcher @melissacmarquez.bsky.social is great. She writes about how #highlymigratoryspecies like the #silkyshark are difficult to protect because they don't stay in the boundaries of Marine Protected Areas #MPA

Great white shark back off Cape Cod after epic journey to Mexico The first tagged white shark has been detected off Cape Cod this season, and she’s a bit of a legend. LeeBeth, a 14-foot shark, made history this February off the coast of Mexico, just south of the Te...

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AWSC tagged a 14-ft female #whiteshark in South Carolina waters on December 8th. By February, that #shark had traveled all the way to Mexico. Last Tuesday, she was off the coast of Massachusetts traveling "nearly 1,000 miles a month."