Gonzalo Araujo

Oct 7, 2024 | nature.com | Freya Womersley |Lara L. Sousa |Nicolas E. Humphries |Gonzalo Araujo |Adam Barnett |Michael L. Berumen | +17 more

AbstractClimate change is shifting animal distributions. However, the extent to which future global habitats of threatened marine megafauna will overlap existing human threats remains unresolved. Here we use global climate models and habitat suitability estimated from long-term satellite-tracking data of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark, to show that redistributions of present-day habitats are projected to increase the species’ co-occurrence with global shipping.

Sep 23, 2024 | nature.com | Gonzalo Araujo

AbstractTiger sharks are apex predators with a circumglobal tropical and warm-temperate distribution, with a general lack of population data for the central Indian Ocean. In Fuvahmulah, Maldives, tiger sharks display frequent use of the harbour area, attracted by discarded fish waste. Here, we document the population structure, residency, and reproductive characteristics of the world’s largest known tiger shark aggregation in a geographically-restricted area.