5.6K views · 26 reactions | Despite reports from divers of a thriving grey nurse shark population in the NSW Illawarra, the grey nurse shark remains a critically endangered species. Conservation biologist Adam Stow says overfishing and climate change are slowing down the rebound in its numbers. | ABC News | Facebook

Rare bright orange nurse shark spotted for the first time 🦈🤯 The nurse shark was seen in Costa Rican waters near Tortuguero National Park and was captured at a depth of 37 metres (and subsequently released). Its yellow-orange skin, an indication of a pigmentation condition known as xanthism. Xanthism is considered extremely rare in the animal kingdom and this is the first documented case of xanthism in the species and the first record of any species in the Caribbean Sea. Scientists noted it li