Lianna Tedesco, Author at A-Z Animals

Dead Shark in fishing net strangled to death / Ocean Environmental Destruction / Marine Protection

Shark Extinction Risk Jumped from a Third to 37.5% in Two Years

Sharks, rays, and chimaeras are disappearing faster than scientists predicted, and the fishing routes intersecting their most critical migration corridors…

Lianna Tedesco

Articles by Lianna Tedesco

Shark Extinction Risk Jumped from a Third to 37.5% in Two Years

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