Are pelagic species such as sharks and tuna distributed homogenously or heterogeneously
in the oceans? Large assemblages of these species have been observed at seamounts and …

Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on
resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. …

Marine top predators are common at offshore bathymetric features such as islands, atolls,
and seamounts, where most pelagic reef fish reside, while certain sharks perform inter-island …

Human activities in the Galápagos Marine Reserve are managed by a two-tier system
involving a multi-stakeholder local participatory forum and a national inter-ministerial decision-…

Most previous studies on whale shark movements have been on immature sharks. Here, we
present tracking data for large females that we tagged at the Galapagos Islands, where they …

Sixty nine hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, were tagged at Malpelo Island (Colombia)
with ultrasonic transmitters during March 2006, 2007 and 2008, as part of a study to …

In a longitudinal study of attachment, children (N = 147) aged 50 and 61 months heard their
mother and a stranger make conflicting claims. In 2 tasks, the available perceptual cues …

Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand
their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative …

Marine traffic is increasing globally yet collisions with endangered megafauna such as
whales, sea turtles, and planktivorous sharks go largely undetected or unreported. Collisions …

The whale shark is an ideal flagship species for citizen science projects because of its
charismatic nature, its size, and the associated ecotourism ventures focusing on the species at …