Our research was featured on CNN today, discussing possible impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill on shark populations. Feel free to check out both a video and a separate related article at the following link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/28/oil.spill.sharks/?hpt=Sbin
28 June, 2010 At first rise it seemed as though we would be in for some rain; however, we checked the weather report and realized it would all blow over. With this knowledge we set out with all gear to meet up with a new batch of high school students from the South Florida Urban […]
June 27, 2010 The combination of an early morning rise to make the drive from Miami to Islamorada and the thrill of my first day out with the shark team made for an early bedtime on the eve of today’s trip. I awoke refreshed after 10 hours of sleep and was good to go for […]
Virginia’s Blog – Saturday June 26, 2010 The day’s events were highlighted by the attendance of a CNN film crew and producer. Their presence called for a chase boat, a smaller faster vessel, to follow us on our journey. Austin, our team’s newest addition and researcher, boarded the boat with CNN producer. He had his […]
My friend Connor gave me this cool hat because he knows that I love sharks and I really like it and he likes sharks too. My mom said that I made half the money that I am trying to raise for shark research… so that’s really good and I made this shark celebrating on my […]
My mom read me a story about these blue marbles that people are passing around when someone does something good for water so I got some marbles to pass around for World Ocean Day (June 8). I gave my class and all my friends and some teachers at my school 2 marbles and some water […]
Happy World Environment Day (June 5)! I thought of the best thing to do – Me and my family went for a walk and picked up all of the garbage on my street. My Dad made cool garbage sticks for me and my sister. I got all of these shark books at the library and […]
Reunited Our most recent research trip took the shark team to Bonita Springs, FL, a new field location for us that is showing major promise for its abundance of large predators. This was the second time the RJ Dunlap Shark team traveled to the gulf for shark research, a partnership that involves researchers from Florida […]
Nothing but Nurse Sharks! June 6, 2010 After about a year of being away from the shark program, I couldn’t be more thrilled and excited to be back! As great as my school is in the mountains of Colorado, I continue to find myself just as passionate for the ocean and sharks as I always […]
Another great day out with the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program! June 5th, 2010 Tired and sore after the previous day’s 10 sharks worth of excitement, we awoke anticipating another amazing day, and of course we were right. The day began with a nice big breakfast sandwich order and it only got better from there. […]