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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
Jillian Morris
Nov 10, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Oct 12, 20192 min read
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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.
Jillian Morris
Sep 12, 20193 min read
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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.
Jillian Morris
Sep 10, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Aug 27, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Aug 3, 20193 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 25, 20191 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 13, 20193 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 13, 20193 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 4, 20195 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 2, 20193 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Jun 1, 20193 min read
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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.
Jillian Morris
May 26, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
May 15, 20192 min read
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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.
Jillian Morris
May 7, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Apr 30, 20195 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Apr 24, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Apr 18, 20192 min read
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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’
Jillian Morris
Apr 16, 20192 min read
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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
Jillian Morris
Apr 16, 20192 min read
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