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Lauren Smith on Glow in the dark shark!
In my tenth shark piece for the Guardian I report on a recently discovered deep sea shark that glows in the dark…
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Lauren Smith on In a Battle of the Predators who wins?
This Guardian piece covers the fascinating predations of Orca’s on Great White Sharks in South Africa…
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Lauren Smith on Giving Fiji’s Shark God a Helping Hand
In this Guardian blog I take a closer look at the Marine Protected Areas in Fiji, specifically the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in the Beqa Channel.
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Lauren Smith on The Cull Controversy
In my sixth Guardian blog I examine the issues around the call for culls of sharks following the tragic death of a boarder in the waters off Reunion Island earlier this year.
Culls aren’t the way to balance the needs of sharks and surfers
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Lauren Smith on Taking the Plunge with Predators
In my latest Guardian blog I report on diving with sharks which are well known for their bold, unhesitant approach.
Sun, sand and apex predators: taking the plunge with oceanic whitetip sharks
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Lauren Smith on When the Research is Wrong
A public campaign to cull ‘invasive’ cownose rays was hugely successful. But re-examining the data revealed a horrible truth: the rays weren’t the problem. Read more in my fifth Guardian blog here:
What happens when the research underpinning conservation is wrong?