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Shark Biology and Conservation

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Looking back over some of my recent favorite books about sharks, it caught my attention that two of them – “Sharks; the Animal Answer Guide” and “Sharks of the Shallows” – were published by Johns Hopkins University Press. And if how impressed I have thus far been by what I’ve discovered through my initial readings in their newly published “Shark Biology and Conservation; Essentials for Educators, Students, and Enthusiasts” holds true, three of my most favorite recent books about sharks will be JHUP publications.

Rays of the World

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Sure, sharks are sexy – that’s why so many people watch Shark Week; to see all the muscular, sleek, and popularly-thought dangerous species depicted. But what about all the other members of the Class Chondrichthyes? The skates, rays, and those fascinatingly curious chimeras? Don’t they deserve a bit of attention as well?

Sharks of the Shallows

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As Johns Hopkins University Press so well and succinctly points out in the description of the their new “Sharks of the Shallows,” “few places on Earth are home to the amazing diversity of shark species that beautify the shallow waters of Florida and the Bahamas.” Consequently, its author Jeffrey C. Carrier no doubt decided that this was the region on which to focus as a new book about the lives and behaviors of some of the planet’s most often mentioned sharks.

Resurrecting the Shark

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Turning on the most recent edition of Steve Mirsky’s Scientific American podcast, I was delighted to discover that the entire episode was devoted to an interview with Susan Ewing and her recently published book from Pegasus Books titled “Resurrecting the Shark; A Scientific Obsession and the Mavericks Who Solved the Mystery of a 270-Million-Year-Old Fossil.”

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