Web Sites Shark Diver http://www.sharkdiver.com Diving company's Web site offering great pictures of sharks and more. Shark Police Save Two Species http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/03/23/intl/intl.4.html Australia's beach monitors rescue sharks from nets. From the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation http://www.pelagic.org/ Learn about sharks of the ...
In the clear waters off the coast of North Carolina, the wreck of the submarine "Tarpon" lies broken and battered on the sea floor. The haunting wreck alone is enough to attract divers. But in recent years, curious throngs have swum down to the site ...
Sharks come in a dizzying array of shapes and sizes. Here are profiles of just four of the more than 350 known species. The Wobbegong The Wobbegong, or Carpet shark, is a pudgy, toad-like bottom dweller common along the coast of Australia and the warm ...
When most people hear the word "shark," images of sharp teeth and fins slicing menacingly through the water instantly come to mind. Indeed, sharks include some of the planet's most efficient killers: they are powerful hunters able to catch thousand-pound tuna, small whales, and occasionally ...
NATURE lifts part of the veil of mystery shrouding some fascinating -- and often fearsome -- creatures in The Secret World of Sharks and Rays. Sharks and their biological cousins, the rays, are among the highest-profile denizens of the deep, thanks to the popularity of ...
NATURE's The Reptiles: Lizards explores the world of the great escape artists of the wild, and looks at their remarkable bag of tricks. The Reptiles series concludes with the most extraordinarily diverse of all reptiles. Lizards can be found on mountain tops, in the oceans, and ...
At first glance, they look harmless enough. Africa's helmeted terrapins often sit motionless in grassland water holes, silently watching the herds of animals that come to sip from their muddy homes. But as NATURE's The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises shows in vivid detail, the helmeted terrapin ...
NATURE's The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises takes a close look at ancient creatures marching slowly through the millennia. A turtle's shell is among the most peculiar but successful pieces of design in the natural world. Unchanged for 200 million years, it has allowed the various species ...
They bite, slither, and slide -- and they save fingers and lives. While the sight of a wriggling, blood-sucking leech may make many people feel queasy, the spineless worms can also help people feel better -- as NATURE's BLOODY SUCKERS shows. The ancient physician's art ...
