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Recent Whale Shark Study Receiving Media Interest
Study Used Novel Approach to Gathering Data on World's Largest Fish
It’s a whale of a story – literally!
Recently research scientists from Nova Southeastern University‘s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) worked with collaborators from the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme on a study of whale sharks, the world’s largest fish.
The report, available ONLINE, used repeated noninvasive underwater measurements of live sharks over the course of a decade to gather data. The study has received media interest – you can see the media coverage below.
- CBS4 – Miami
- Gizmodo
- Science Daily
- Sun-Sentinel
- Reddit.com
- MSN
- The Bakersfield Californian
- The Spokesman-Review
- The Lewiston Tribune
- The Daily Mail (UK)
- The Toronto Star
- South Africa Today
You can read the full press release ONLINE.