Sharks have depleted functional diversity compared to the last 66 million years

Sharks have depleted functional diversity compared to the last 66 million years

New research by Swansea University and the University of Zurich has found that sharks retained high levels of functional diversity for most of the last 66 million years, before steadily declining over the last 10 million years to its lowest value in the present day. Modern sharks are among the ocean’s most threatened species; yet … Read more