{
  "id": 17120730,
  "title": "Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/fingerprints-of-the-sea-identifying-sharks-by-their-fins-alone",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T20:10:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fingerprints-sea-sharks-fins.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every oceanic whitetip shark has a fin pattern as unique as a human fingerprint. In a new study published in Marine Biology, FIU researchers identified more than 50 oceanic whitetip sharks by their fins alone using pelagic baited remote underwater video stations, pBRUVS, off the coast of Cat Island, the Bahamas.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}