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Nov 26, 2019
3 min

Meet FIN Tastic Allstar Elisia

Elisia LOVES sharks and is sharing her passion and knowledge with other students at her school in the UK. She even did a project to teach ot

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Meet Sharks4Kids Regional Ambassador Linda Weiss

Linda is an avid diver and ocean lover. She has been sharing her passion for sharks with students at our events in Fort Lauderdale and assis

Sep 12, 2019
3 min

Meet Sharks4Kids Regional Ambassador Michelle Trigg

We are thrilled to welcome Michelle to our team. She has been visiting schools around England, teaching students all about sharks.

Jul 28, 2019
4 min

Shark Week: Meet Biologist Lindsay Graff

Lindsay has undergrad and graduate degrees in marine and shark biology and has had the opportunity to work with sharks all over the world; f

Jun 13, 2019
3 min

Meet Artist Tracie Sugo creator of Kohola Kai Creative

Tracie is a multi-media artist, marine mammal naturalist and just a general ocean nerd and conservation advocate. She worked on the water fo

May 20, 2019
2 min

Meet FIN Tastic Allstar Samaira

Samaira is 8 years old and lives in India. She has turned her room into "The Shark Room." Thanks for your passion for sharks Samai

May 15, 2019
2 min

May Elasmobranch of the Month: Bull Shark

Bull sharks have a very stout appearance due to their high body width to length ratio. They also exhibit countershading, which means that th

May 7, 2019
2 min

Meet FIN Tastic Allstar Lily

Lily is 13 years old and loves sharks! She recently did a school project, allowing her to teach other students about these amazing animals.

May 1, 2019
2 min

Meet our May 2019 FIN Tasitc Allstar- Cade

Cade is 11 years old and is on a mission to save sharks. He started his own INSTAGRAM page and has created bracelets to spread the word for

Apr 18, 2019
2 min

Meet FIN Tastic Allstar Nora

Here are three things I think all kids can do to help save sharks. -First, you can make a club to get other people to realize the danger sha

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’

Apr 10, 2019
4 min

Meet Artist and Creator of Sharktopia: Caiti Rose

Sharktopia is the whimsical work of Caiti Rose; a coffee-loving, shark-obsessed, happy vegan artist with the goal of altering the misconcept

Apr 9, 2019
3 min

Meet FIN Tastic Allstar Bailey

Bailey is a 17 year old high school student who recently reached out to us about doing a presentation for younger students. She put a shark

Mar 30, 2019
3 min

March 2019 Featured FIN Tastic Allstar- Jesse

I want to save sharks because I passionately believe that sharks must be conserved so that future generations can enjoy their natural beauty

Mar 29, 2019
3 min

Meeting Photographer Thomas Peschak

This week I got to attend a Nat Geo Live event in Toronto with the incredible photographer Thomas Peschak. It was an amazing night! Thomas

Feb 6, 2019
4 min

Meet Artist Chad Hogston

This week we are featuring wood burning artis Chad Hogston. He is sharing his passion for the ocean through his art. We love seeing projects

Feb 3, 2019
2 min

My First Shark Education Presentation

It’s silly to think one of the most nerve-racking moments of my life was not getting in the water with Great White Sharks or learning how to

Feb 1, 2019
3 min

Endothermic Sharks

There are around 500 extant species of sharks and the majority of them are ectothermic or cold-blooded. However, the family Lamnidae has ach

Jan 22, 2019
4 min

Voyage to the Land of Great Whites

The Great White Shark is probably one of the most iconic, and feared sea creatures on this planet. It’s the immediate image that comes to mi

Dec 7, 2018
1 min

Book Review: Winifred the Wondrous Whale Shark

Author and marine biologist Amanda Flannery takes students on an adventure as they learn all about whale sharks.

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