by Alun Jones | May 11, 2017 | Interviews
Whale sharks are a majestic and endangered species on the IUCN red list whose numbers have been heavily impacted by human activity. As with many other oceanic species, there is very little known about their life history. Last week PeerJ published “Oceanic...
by PeerJ Staff | Aug 12, 2014 | regular
Today we published a new study by scientists of the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP) revealing that a small group of whale sharks in a single Maldivian Atoll accounts for nearly 3% of the global shark ecotourism and nearly half that of the...
by PeerJ Staff | Jul 11, 2014 | regular
You certainly couldn’t miss the amazing photo of a Reef Manta Ray on our homepage a few weeks ago. Dr. Simon Pierce—marine biologist and photographer—took this picture, along with many others, whilst doing his own research. We were very interested in...
by PeerJ Staff | Oct 2, 2013 | regular
We are pleased to announce that the PeerJ Collection for the “Third International Whale Shark Conference” (2013) is now live. Because it has a PeerJ Collection, this conference (which doesn’t start until the 6th October) is able to showcase the...
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