Forbes

A new study tracked silky and sandbar sharks using acoustic telemetry in the Gulf of Mexico's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Researchers found juvenile silky sharks exhibited seasonal habitat shifts, utilizing both natural banks and artificial reefs. Adult female sandbar sharks, however, displayed extensive movements, often traveling thousands of kilometers beyond sanctuary boundaries to distant locations like the Florida Keys and North Atlantic. Interestingly, while both species used shared sites, they rarely co-occurred, possibly due to predation avoidance. The findings highlight that marine protected areas are just one component of a shark's dynamic, interconnected habitat network, emphasizing the need for conservation strategies that consider broad-scale connectivity and the ecological role of artificial structures.

Texas A&M University received U.S. government backing for its plan to use nanorobots modeled to swim like fish to harvest lithium from seawater.

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