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New PEC lab paper in Science magazine on the ecological role of sharks!
A new paper has just been published in Science magazine, led by PEC/Heithaus lab post-doc Simon Dedman. Here we review the ecological...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
A day in the life of a great hammerhead
Catch our Ph.D. candidate Erin Spencer discussing her work on great hammerheads with LX News!
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Jul 25, 20221 min read
From the deep: a sleeper shark caught off a coral reef atoll
It's not every day you see a shark that's known to prefer frigid polar regions off a coral reef. But that's exactly what happened when...
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Jul 25, 20221 min read
Risking extinction: 2/3 species in shark fin trade threatened
Our new study shows 70.9% of the fins in the Hong Kong shark fin trade are from species threatened with extinction. Led by distinguished...
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Jul 5, 20221 min read
Catch our shark scientists on Nat Geo's SharkFest
Members of our team will represent FIU alongside the Dr. Michael Heithaus lab on this year's SharkFest. Check out the show line-up in...
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Mar 24, 20221 min read
Secret social lives of great whites
Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou and a team of scientists including Ph.D. candidate Sarah Luongo set out to learn if great white sharks hang out...
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Feb 21, 20221 min read
Larger protected areas for sharks in Belize
Following a decline of Caribbean reef sharks in the no-take portion of the Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, a marine protected area...
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Jan 10, 20221 min read
Dr. Chapman featured on The Ellen Show
In 2021, Dr. Demian Chapman and the Global FinPrint project were highlighted in the documentary "Endangered". To kick off 2022, Chapman...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
Sharks surf the slope
New research by our principal investigator Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou and a team of international researchers highlights that grey reef...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
Saving the weird and wonderful matamata turtle
Our postdoctoral scientist Dr. Diego Cardeñosa and team of airport scientists and authorities are using DNA toolkit to return illegally...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
Demian Chapman begins new leadership position at Mote Marine Laboratory
We are pleased to announce that one of our lead scientists, Dr. Demian Chapman, is now the Director of the Sharks and Rays Conservation...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
Moray eels abound on reefs closer to humans
Our new study in iScience shows that moray eels are more abundant on coral reefs closer to large human populations. Sharks on the other...
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Dec 23, 20201 min read
2020 Year in Review
2020 was rough. But together we persevered. It’s easy to focus on the negatives of this year. However, we want to highlight some of the...
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Aug 12, 20201 min read
Grey reef sharks form social groups that last over years
“We don’t think of sharks as social animals, but they do have social groups,” says Yannis Papastamatiou at Florida International...
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Aug 6, 20201 min read
eDNA helps track seasonal presence of blacktip sharks
Monitoring seasonal movements of sharks can be resource intensive. But what if we could do it using seawater? Our team including Drs....
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Jul 22, 20201 min read
Global status & conservation potential of reef sharks
We are delighted to announce that Global FinPrint's standard reef shark survey results were published today in Nature:...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
Oceanic whitetip and squid interaction
Check out those scars! Where did this shark get them? A large squid species. Read the paper by our lead scientists & collaborators here...
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Jun 1, 20201 min read
Shark fins in Hong Kong & China contain high mercury levels
Our Ph.D. candidate Laura Garcia Barcia discovered that mercury levels in shark fins being sold in Hong Kong and China are dangerously...
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Apr 24, 20201 min read
DNA zip-coding: tracing scalloped hammerhead fins to region of origin
Our principal investigator Dr. Demian Chapman led a team of DNA detectives that examined scalloped hammerhead fins from the Hong Kong...
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Jan 6, 20201 min read
Ph.D. candidate Sarah Luongo wins Guy Harvey Scholarship
Congratulations to three FIU graduate students who won the Dr. Guy Harvey Scholarship, including our very own Sarah Luongo for her work...
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