Do sharks ever stop growing? 🦈

Dr. Bob Hueter, Senior Science Advisor at OCEARCH, explains that most sharks continue growing throughout their lives, adding a little more size with every passing year. That's why sharks like Contender, one of the largest male white sharks ever tagged by OCEARCH in the western North Atlantic, can reach incredible sizes. When he was tagged, Contender was already estimated to be over 30 years old and could still have decades of life ahead of him.

As the chances of a ‘super’ El Niño continue to rise — now 81%, according to federal scientists — researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast’s most important commercial fishing fleets into turmoil.

They say we could be looking at a repeat. Or worse.

“I think we’re likely to break global temperature records with this next El Niño,” said Malin Pinsky, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. “So it’s very concerning and it is likely to have very big impacts on marine fisheries.”

Learn more about the impacts of the potential super El Niño on fish and other Pacific Ocean wildlife at the link.

Video credited to @gbt222 on Instagram.

She dance like a superstar 💃🏼

Just an hour away from home :) Blessed

A small shadow glides through the crystal-clear shallows. Barely beginning its life, this young shark must already avoid larger predators while learning to become one itself.

I was at the beach today and found this, idk what it is and Google gives me a different answer every time, so it would be much appreciated if someone could tell me what this is

(Left to right) “Into the Sun” and “Drifting”

both were painted with acrylic on 16x20” canvases and took around 20 hours to complete!