Overfishing is the most significant threat facing sharks and rays. Given the growth in
consumption of seafood, combined with the compounding effects of habitat loss, climate …

Deconstructing motion to better understand it is a key prerequisite in the field of comparative
biomechanics. Since Marey and Muybridge's work, technical constraints have been the …

The ecological and life history drivers of the diversification of reproductive modes in early
vertebrates are not fully understood. Sharks, rays and chimaeras (group Chondrichthyes) …

Overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change are driving population declines in many
species. Understanding a species' capacity to recover from these and other threats is …

The deep ocean is the last natural biodiversity refuge from the reach of human activities.
Deepwater sharks and rays are among the most sensitive marine vertebrates to …

The maximum intrinsic rate of population increase (r max) represents a population's
maximum capacity to replace itself and is central to fisheries management and conservation …

Reef shark species have undergone sharp declines in recent decades, as they inhabit
coastal areas, making them an easy target in fisheries (ie, sharks are exploited globally for …

Data on the movement and space use of aquatic animals are crucial to understand complex
interactions among biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and facilitate effective …

Sharks, rays and their cartilaginous relatives (Class Chondrichthyes, herein 'sharks') are
among the world's most threatened species groups, primarily due to overfishing, which in …

Across vertebrates, live bearing evolved at least 150 times from ancestral egg laying into
diverse forms and degrees of prepartum maternal investment. 1, 2 A key question is how …