Shark lasers could help save vulnerable species
- Animals, Biology, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Ocean, SCIENCE, Sharks, Technology, Wildlife
- May 4, 2026

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Combining lasers and sharks may sound like a bad idea, but marine ecologists are banking on it to help save some of the planet’s most threatened species. By merging optical technology and geochemistry, a group of researchers in Australia
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Helvetica and verdana aren’t just fonts. They’re also a few of the new names bestowed upon sea turtles that a team from the New England Aquarium’s turtle hospital rehabilitated this year. This winter, almost 500 live turtles washed up
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