Imagine yourself floating in a metal cage off the side of a boat. You are waiting to see something rare, exciting, and in all reality dangerous if proper precautions are not used. Then you see it, a dark gray dorsal fin breaking the surface of the water. One of the ocean’s apex predators, a great […]
Herein we discuss new research using accelerators to investigate if wildlife tourism (for example cage diving) impacts activity in white sharks. The outcomes of this study have implications not only for tourism regulation but also provide insight on possible ecosystem effects. Carolyn WheelerI am currently a PhD student studying marine science at the University of […]
Check out this article about how tourist pictures of whale sharks are helping scientists learn about whale shark populations around the globe! Matthew LarsenI am a second year master’s student at Coastal Carolina University in the Abel Lab. My interests focus on the ecology and life history of large marine megafauna with a central focus […]