Expedition 27: FIU Shark Education – Tri-City Trailblazers
Youth and mentors from the Tri-City Trailblazers team gained hands-on experience with marine science field work led by FIU scientists onboard R/V ANGARI.
Expedition 26: FIU Shark Education – Wellington Landings Middle School
Students from the Marine Conservation Club at Wellington Landings Middle School spent the day onboard R/V ANGARI assisting Florida International University (FIU) researchers with shark research and learning about marine science through hands-on activities.
Expedition 25: FIU Shark Education – Youth Making Ripples
Researchers and citizen scientists spent the day aboard R/V ANGARI conducting shark research offshore Palm Beach County.
Expedition 22: Blacktip Shark Migration
During this expedition, R/V ANGARI hosted shark researchers from Florida International University (FIU) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for a look at the blacktip shark migration along the cost of Palm Beach County, Florida.
Expedition 21: Nat Geo SharkFest
R/V ANGARI served as a support vessel for the filming of National Geographic’s SharkFest special, Forecast: Shark Attack, which aired on Thursday, July 18 at 10 PM ET.
Expedition 20: Sharks & Plankton Offshore PBC
FIU scientists worked with citizen scientists to deploy drum lines, tag sharks and collect plankton from aboard R/V ANGARI.
Expedition 18: FIU Shark Education – Forest Glen Middle School
A group of students and teachers spent the day aboard R/V ANGARI conducting shark research in Palm Beach County alongside scientists from Florida International University.
Expedition 17: Photogrammetry & Sea Turtle Tagging
Scientists aboard R/V ANGARI spent 9 days in the Western Bahamas studying, tagging, and photo-capturing sea turtles for an ongoing study of fibropapillomatosis, as well as gathering new high-speed biting data from nurse, lemon, and bull sharks in order to help better understand shark morphology, biting, and feeding behaviors.
Expedition 12: Discovery Channel Shark Week
R/V ANGARI served as a support vessel for the filming of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special, Sharkwrecked. In this TV special, shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder teamed up with fellow serviceman and marine survival expert, James Glancy to record what happens when a shipwreck occurs in shark-infested waters.
Expedition 8: Shark Research & Conservation
Researchers from the University of Miami's Shark Research and Conservation Program and citizen scientists aboard R/V ANGARI caught and tagged several different species of sharks.