Shark diving tourism is a burgeoning, global industry. The growing perception that sharks
can be worth more alive for tourism than dead in a fish market has become one of the …

The dramatic evolutionary expansion of the neocortex, together with a proliferation of
specialized cortical areas, is believed to underlie the emergence of human cognitive …

In mammals and other tetrapods, a multinuclear forebrain structure, called the amygdala,
forms the neuroregulatory core essential for emotion, cognition, and social behavior …

Abstract 450 million years of evolution have given chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and allies)
ample time to adapt perfectly to their respective everyday life challenges and cognitive …

Elasmobranchs are highly diverse in movement, sensory capacity, and behavioural
responses to the environment, leading to differences in the function and nature of …

The neural correlates of most cognitive functions in fish are unknown. This project aimed to
identify brain regions involved in visual learning in the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra …

Highlights•Nonsocial, juvenile Port Jackson sharks learnt faster with trained demonstrators.•
Acquisition occurred between training bouts.•Social living is not a prerequisite for social …

Over the last few decades, it has been shown that fish, comprising the largest group of
vertebrates and in many respects one of the least well studied, possess many cognitive …

This study examined interindividual personality differences between Port Jackson sharks
Heterodontus portusjacksoni utilizing a standard boldness assay. Additionally, the …

The expanding shark fin market has resulted in intensive global shark fishing and with 90%
of teleost fish stocks over-exploited, sharks have become the most lucrative target. As …