A team including our lead scientist Dr. Demian Chapman and Ph.D. students Diego Cardenosa and Jess Quinlan developed a tool funded by Paul G. Allen Philanthropies that will help customs officials identify threatened shark species in fin imports. Read more here >> For specs on the toolkit check out this informative PDF fact sheet! #wildlifeforensics #sharkfintrade #sharks

Dr. Chapman's op-ed to the Hill discusses how the United States and the Bahamas are setting new world standards for shark conservation and what you can do to help. Read it here >> #sharks #conservation

Previous work showed that bonnethead sharks had seagrass in their stomachs, and a recent experiment conducted by a team including our lead scientist Dr. Papastamatiou demonstrated that the sharks can actually digest the seagrass. Read the New York Times story here >> #sharks #diet

Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou joined an international team of researchers to understand the sharks of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Their work was featured on National Geographic Wild. Learn more here >> #sharks

Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou was part of a team of 73 scientists who collaborated to uncover the answer. 5,394 sharks and 114 species later, researchers have presented their results in a new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Read more here >> #sharks

Thanks to Dr. Chapman and his team,  1/3 of the sharks found in trade have been identified as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Read more here >> #sharks #HongKong #sharkfintrade #wildlifeforensics

Our lead scientists contributed to the discovery of two new shark species. Open this post, then click on the images to learn more about each one. #sharks

Dr. Papastamatiou is using new technology to change perceptions about sharks and their role in #OurBluePlanet. #sharks