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
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- 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.
- 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’
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
April Featured FIN Tastic Allstar Mason
Mason has been spreading shark and ocean awareness for a few years and we've loved seeing all his amazing projects. He does presentation