Australian researchers from Macquarie University suggest that attaching LED lights to surfboards could deter great white sharks from attacking surfers. Their study, published in Current Biology, discovered that brighter lights disrupted the sharks’ ability to identify the silhouettes of potential…

A study published in Current Biology reveals that equipping surfboards with bright LED lights may lessen shark attacks. Conducted by biologist Laura Ryan from Macquarie University, the research found that illuminated boards were less likely to attract great white sharks,…