How Shark Skin Can Help Human Medicine. ByMelissa Cristina Márquez. Follow Author. Share. Save. ... More (lower) images of the shortfin mako shark skin surface at different body locations.

A shortfin mako shark in the North Atlantic, near the Azores Patrick Doll/C.C. 3.0 Capable of swimming at speeds of up to 74 km/h (46 mph), the shortfin mako is the world's fastest species of shark.

Tagged mako shark traveled more than 7,300 in less than a year Date: March 26, 2015 Source: Nova Southeastern University Summary: Like his human counterparts, it seems a shortfin mako shark tagged ...

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

Stroke a shark from nose to tail, and its skin feels smooth. Rub it up the wrong way, however, and a shark feels sandpaper rough. That is due to being covered in millions of the tiny, protruding ...