August Elasmobranch of the Month: Prickly Dogfish
The Prickly dogfish is one shark that definitely has highly distinguishable features! Most notably is its dorsal fin resembling a sail. The
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- Aug 2, 2019
- 4 min
Shark Week: Meet Biologist Vicky Vásquez
Vicky Vásquez studies 'Lost Sharks' at Moss Landing Marine Labs (MLML) where she also serves as the marine lab's Social Media M
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
April Elasmobranch of the Month: False Catshark
The False Catshark is a deep-sea ground shark. It has been described as ugly as a discarded sofa and was thus given the moniker ‘sofa shark’
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
March Elasmobranch of the Month: Viper Dogfish
The viper dog fish was first identified in 1986, they are very rare and have been found in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Japan, Hawaii
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Happy Halloween: Eerie Elasmobranchs
Enjoy this wild and wicked list of amazing and eerie elasmobranchs just in time for Halloween!
- May 31, 2018
- 1 min
Book Review: Discovering Sharks
Author Donna Parham and illustrator Julius Csotonnyi have teamed up to create an fascinating shark resource for students.
- Mar 9, 2018
- 2 min
March Elasmobranch of the Month: Goblin Shark
Learn all about the Goblin Shark. This deep-sea shark has some incredible adaptations and can grow up to 3.2 meters in length.
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