NEWS

Zoological Society of London has found three types of Sharks in Biologically dead areas of River Thames

DETAILS

• The river which was on verge of destruction is a thriving ecosystem, home to myriad wildlife as diverse as London itself
• River now supports 115 species of fish and wildlife from seahorses to seals.
• Home to three kinds of sharks: the tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog. They are considered threatened to near threatened in IUCN
• The ZSL launched the Greater Thames Shark Project in 2020 to collect data on the endangered shark species that live in the outer estuary

RIVER THAMES

• 215 miles long
• Longest river in England.
• The famous London Bridge stretches across part of the Thames, along with more than 200 other bridges and over 20 underwater tunnels.