Sharks and Rays Archives

Expedition 49: Broward County Library’s Oceans of Possibilities Summer Learning Program

08/11/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Youth volunteers and staff from Broward County Libraries joined scientists from Florida International University onboard R/V ANGARI for a day of ocean and shark science.

Expedition 48: Coastal Ocean Explorers: Sharks Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop

08/04/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Florida educators boarded R/V ANGARI for the Coastal Ocean Explorers: Sharks Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop in partnership with FIU scientists

Expedition 47: Coastal Ocean Explorers: Sharks Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop

08/04/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Florida educators boarded R/V ANGARI for the Coastal Ocean Explorers: Sharks Summer 2022 Teacher Workshop in partnership with FIU scientists

Here I Am Holding The Jaws Of A 19.5-foot White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, While Visiting The Collection Of Dr. Gordon Hubbell.

Scientist Josh Moyer

07/28/2022
Laura Jessop

Josh Moyer is a lecturer at Yale and a resident research scientist at the Atlantic Shark Institute. He is telling us about his research on sharks, ratfish, skates and rays and the importance of shark bite data.

Day in the Life of Great Hammerhead Sharks

06/24/2022
Amanda Waite

Erin Spencer shares how she uses "shark FitBits" to study the movement and behavior of great hammerheads.

Scientist Jessica Pate

05/17/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Jessica Pate is a research scientist at Marine Megafauna Foundation and founder of the Florida Manta Project studying manta rays in Florida.

Scientist Annabelle Brooks

05/17/2022
Laura Jessop

Scientist Annabelle Brooks is a marine ecologist in The Bahamas researching sea turtles, sustainable fisheries and coral reef restoration.

Holding An Oceanic Whitetip Shark In Tonic Immobility While Other Scientists Prepare To Insert An Acoustic Tag.

Scientist Candace Fields

05/04/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Candace Fields, a passionate shark conservationist from The Bahamas, is a Ph.D. student at FIU using genetics and tracking to study oceanic whitetip sharks.

Finding A Tag After Deployment Is The Best Feeling In The World! PC: Megan Kelley

Scientist Erin Spencer

05/04/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Erin Spencer is a marine ecologist, science writer and Ph.D. candidate at FIU studying great hammerhead sharks.

Releasing A Juvenile Bull Shark In Everglades National Park.

Scientist Laura García Barcia

05/04/2022
Lydia Pleasants

Laura García Barcia is a wildlife toxicologist and Ph.D. candidate at FIU studying how heavy metals affect coastal shark and human health.