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Nov 10, 2019
2 min

November Elasmobranch of the Month: Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark

Bigeye Sand Tiger sharks are large, bulky sharks uniformly reddish brown to black in color, reaching lengths of 3.6 m (12 ft). The first dor

Oct 12, 2019
2 min

October Elasmobranch of the Month: Greenland shark

Greenland Sharks are large, thick-bodied with short dorsal fins of similar size and no anal fin. Adults average 2.5m to 4.5m (8 to 15 ft) in

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.

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

September Elasmobranch of the Month: Epaulette shark

This bottom-dwelling shark species prefers shallow water coral reefs. The epaulette is often trapped on rocks and corals when tides recede.

Aug 27, 2019
2 min

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

Aug 3, 2019
3 min

Shark Week: Meet the Team Behind 'The Life of Sharks'

Meet Christian Talbot and Sophie Hodge, the creators of The Life of Sharks comics. Learn about their favorite sharks and how they got starte

Jun 25, 2019
1 min

Book Review: Misunderstood Shark Friends Don't Eat Friends

This book is playful and fun, while also sharing interesting facts about sharks. The banter between Shark and Bob, the jellyfish is comical

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

Jun 13, 2019
3 min

June Elasmobranch of the Month: Common Thresher Shark

Alopias vulpinus-also known as the Common Thresher Shark or Fox shark. Thresher sharks were first named after foxes by Aristotle in the book

Jun 4, 2019
5 min

Meet Biologist Andy Dehart

Andy Dehart is the Vice President of Animal Husbandry and Marine Science for the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in downtown M

Jun 2, 2019
3 min

Meet Sharks4Kids Ambassador Chloe Prayon

Chloe is currently getting her master’s degree in biology at Florida Atlantic University, where she also completed my bachelor’s in biology

Jun 1, 2019
3 min

Meet Underwater Photographer André Musgrove

uide! He was born and raised in the Bahamas and is known for his unique style of shooting creative concepts underwater with freedivers/dive

May 26, 2019
2 min

Meet Ms. Woodin's FIN Tastic Allstars

Ms. Woodin's Kindergarten class created an amazing shark museum, including a 17 foot great white shark model.

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 30, 2019
5 min

Meet Photographer Rebecca Bateman-John

Rebecca is a huge shark enthusiast and a fan of all things underwater. Growing up in Australia and partly in Indonesia, she now lives betwe

Apr 24, 2019
2 min

Meet Marine Conservationist Lad Akins

Lad Akins was the founding Executive Director of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation and worked there for many years. He is current

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’

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