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Join us for another JAWSOME google hangout at the Bimini Biological Field Station and see a LIVE shark and shark science in action! Join us from 9-10 am EST. Learn about sharks, shark tagging and the research being done at the lab.

Toby is a marine biologist and a professor, she's done field work in Hawaii and the Gulf of Mexico. She studies the reproductive strategies of sharks. Some lay eggs and some have live birth like mammals. They will be pregnant anywhere from 5 – 24 months. Sharks reproduce very slowly compared to other fishes, and they are slow-growing and long-lived. Unfortunately, these traits make sharks vulnerable to overfishing and local extinction.

Lindsay Gaskins is a marine scientist investigating the impact of sharks and rays on ecosystems through trophic cascade. In other words, how elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) impact the rest of the food web and the environment in which they live. This work will allow us to better manage and protect shark species and their habitats.

Welcome to April's Sharks4Kids Marine Science Hangout! Each month we connect with a different marine scientist or ocean explorer to learn about our oceans (spoiler alert, sharks might be featured once or twice!). Anybody can watch live and we'll pick 4-5 classes for each session to participate directly on screen with an unlimited number able to watch the live stream. 

We'll be heading to the Cook Islands to connect with Jess Cramp. Jess is a scientist, surfer, diver, pilot, writer, conservationist and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. She spearheaded the effort to establish the 2 million square kilometer Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary in 2012 and she has also turned her conservation group, Sharks Pacific, into a key player in shark research and conservation.

Jess has contributed to Women’s Adventure Magazine, Escape Magazine, and National Geographic’s Adventure blog. She's a consummate optimist, whose positive energy is contagious, along with her willingness to spend however long it takes to see the conservation projects she’s working on through to produce results

The goal of Sharks4Kids is to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. Curriculum, games, activities, photos and videos from scientists, videographers and conservationists bring an exciting element into the classroom and show students the beauty of sharks and the ocean. A unique opportunity for the next generation to learn why sharks need kids and kids need sharks.

Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure!

Vicky Vásquez is a graduate student at Moss Landing Marine Labs under the Pacific Shark Research Center. She also volunteers as the founding Deputy Director of the Ocean Research Foundation and emcee for the student programs of the International Ocean Film Festival. She had a hand in the discovery of the ninja lantern shark and studies the soupfin shark in San Franciso Bay. She's also a field assistant on a sevengill shark population study.

Join us LIVE today at 1:00 pm EST and see shark science in action. Perfect for all ages. Learn about sharks, shark science and why this is helping shark conservation. Our founder Jillian will be hosting from the Sharklab on the island of South Bimini. ( www.biminisharklab.com)

Join us for a FIN tastic session LIVE from Bimini Sharklab( Bimini Biological Field Station). Students will get to see shark science in action as biologists do a scientific shark work up on a juvenile nurse shark. This research is part of an ongoing study done by BBFS. Students will learn about the equipment scientists use to study sharks and why they do it. They will also learn more about the Sharklab and how they can help save sharks.

Hosted by: Sharks4Kids founder Jillian Morris.
Location: Bimini, The Bahamas

Josh Moyer has been interested in sharks since he was four years old. His interest led him to college at Millersville University where he studied biology. After college, Josh went on to work at Shoals Marine Laboratory and then at Cornell University where he earned his Master’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology studying the jaws and teeth of Great White Sharks and their relatives. Josh is currently earning his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he studies the feeding behaviors and anatomy of many wonderful kinds of sharks.




Josh has co-authored multiple articles about sharks and their teeth and enjoys illustrating his research subjects. Some of Josh’s artwork can be found on the Sharks4Kids coloring pages. Josh has also written about different aspects of shark biology for various shark education and conservation efforts, and he enjoys having the opportunity to share his passion with others!

Born in Italy, Cristina Zenato grew up in the rain forests of the African Congo and developed a passion for the outdoors. Coming from a family “of the sea” Cristina developed a love for the water at a very young age and she journeyed to the Bahamas to learn to dive. She made the Bahamas her home and diving her life. Cristina is world renowned for her work with sharks in the wild. She is said to have a natural gift with sharks. Some people say she speaks a sixth language known as "Shark". Practicing a specialized technique, she is the first woman in the world to be have induced a state of relaxation (also labeled as Tonic Immobility by some) in Caribbean Reef Sharks through a gentle touch. To the observer, this looks like a shark falling asleep right in her lap. Her ability to work with several types of shark in this manner has allowed her to study sharks up close with no stress for the animals. She has developed a Caribbean Reef Shark Awareness Distinctive Specialty and was the initiator of a campaign that resulted in the complete protection for all species of sharks in the entire Bahamas.

Welcome to November's Sharks4Kids Marine Science Hangout! Each month we connect with a different marine scientist or ocean explorer to learn about our oceans (spoiler alert, sharks might be featured once or twice!). Anybody can watch live and we'll pick 4-5 classes for each session to participate directly on screen with an unlimited number able to watch the live stream. This month we are going to have a couple of sessions using a Q&A format and lasting 30 minutes instead of the usual hour. Questions can be sent in advance, asked live via the chat sidebar and of course from the onscreen classes.

This month we will connect with Duncan Brake. Duncan went in the sea for the first time when he was only 3 days old; his dad had a new underwater camera and wanted to snap a few pictures. Engrained early, his love for the ocean has shaped most of his adult life. Duncan films a lot of the Jawsome Sharks4Kids Videos. 

Duncan graduated with a degree in marine biology from Sterling University in Scotland before heading south to work as a junior scientist and fisheries observer. During his time in the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica; Duncan began honing his filming skills, capturing stunning images and video of the amazing and unique wildlife. A stint at the Sharklab in Bimini, The Bahamas found Duncan more involved in various shark related film shoots. He returned as the media manager and began filming for National Geographic, BBC, Animal Planet and Discovery among others. Duncan created the media organization, OceanicAllstars as a means of bringing like-minded individuals together to create photos, videos and graphics to spread conservation messages.

Duncan travels the world filming sharks and other wildlife and combines a science background with his unique vision of the wild world to create powerful images he hopes inspire people to dive in, explore and take care of sharks and the planet. Being so passionate about filming, Duncan will be sharing a presentation about the evolution of shark filming sharks and then taking all questions shark related afterwards!

The goal of Sharks4Kids is to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. Curriculum, games, activities, photos and videos from scientists, videographers and conservationists bring an exciting element into the classroom and show students the beauty of sharks and the ocean. A unique opportunity for the next generation to learn why sharks need kids and kids need sharks.

Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure!

Dr. Toby Daly-Engel's Shark Conservation Lab at the Florida Institute of Technology focuses on preserving populations of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) and other fishes by studying their molecular ecology and evolution. Dr. Toby grew up in the mountains in upstate New York, but always loved sharks. She got her Masters and PhD at the University of Hawaii using genetics to study shark reproduction, worked on biomonitoring for conservation at the University of West Florida, and is now a professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, which is on the Atlantic Coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral. There, her work focuses broadly on researching the evolution of shark reproduction and dispersal patterns, speciation, and habitat use, in order to more effectively conserve and manage these fascinating creatures.

Born in Italy, Cristina grew up in the rain forests of the African Congo and developed a passion for the outdoors. Coming from a family “of the sea” Cristina developed a love for the water at a very young age and she journeyed to the Bahamas to learn to dive. She made the Bahamas her home and diving her life. Cristina is world renowned for her work with sharks in the wild. She is said to have a natural gift with sharks. Her ability to work with several types of sharks has allowed her to study sharks up close with no stress for the animals. She has developed a Caribbean Reef Shark Awareness Distinctive Specialty and was the initiator of a campaign that resulted in the complete protection for all species of sharks in the entire Bahamas. Cristina is also a highly skilled cave diver, highlighting how we abuse the drinking water beneath our feet.

Leann J. Winn has been an educator for over 10 years; additionally, she has taken part in over 10 research projects. Her Marine Science and Environmental Education degrees along with world-wide field experience, serve her in integrating research and science education. Currently, she is conducting an investigation on chondrichthyan egg cases in the Fluid Dynamics Lab at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Leann joined Sharks4Kids as a regional ambassador because she feels strongly that education is crucial - knowledge brings the possibility of awareness, which in turn could create the realization for a change.

Welcome to February's Sharks4Kids Marine Science Hangout! Each month we connect with a different marine scientist or ocean explorer to learn about our oceans (spoiler alert, sharks might be featured once or twice!). Anybody can watch live and we'll pick 4-5 classes for each session to participate directly on screen with an unlimited number able to watch the live stream. 

Alison in her own words:

‘My goal is to be a marine biologist.’ This is the hand-made banner that I displayed above my desk all through high school. I have always wanted to be a marine biologist and was fortunate to have parents who fostered my love for the ocean. When I was very young I used to accompany my dad on boat trips to harvest crayfish. We would spend hours at sea, deploying nets and waiting for the crayfish to climb inside. When we retrieved the nets, it wasn’t only crayfish that we found, but small shysharks too. The little sharks would curl up into a ball with their tail covering their eyes and my dad instructed me to kiss them on the head and gently release them back into the water. When I did so, the shysharks would uncurl and swim back down to the bottom.

After high school I enrolled at the University of Cape Town to pursue my career in marine biology and at every opportunity I spent my free time scuba-diving and exploring the incredible underwater world around Cape Town. After my undergraduate degree I had the opportunity to go out on a white shark viewing trip to Seal Island. That was the first time I saw a great white shark launch itself two metres into the air chasing a Cape fur seal. I was hooked. I decided then and there that I was going to be the one to discover the answers to all the questions nobody could answer.

Following a four-year period when I worked as a field guide on the ocean with the sharks and in the terrestrial environment with other wildlife, I went back to university and initiated a research project on the behavioural ecology of white sharks in False Bay, which was one of the six inaugural projects funded by the Save Our Seas Foundation.

Seventeen years since my first great white shark sighting, I am still studying these sharks, now in the role of research manager for Cape Town’s pioneering Shark Spotters programme. I no longer kiss the sharks on the head, but I did achieve my goal and have my dream job.

The goal of Sharks4Kids is to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. Curriculum, games, activities, photos and videos from scientists, videographers and conservationists bring an exciting element into the classroom and show students the beauty of sharks and the ocean. A unique opportunity for the next generation to learn why sharks need kids and kids need sharks.

Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure!

I have been working with sharks on various projects for around 5 years in total. Initially, my interests blossomed during my first internship, where I got to work with great white sharks in South Africa during my undergraduate degree (BSc (Hons) in Marine Science from the Scottish Association for Marine Science). Later in 2014, I then got the opportunity to study thresher sharks in the Philippines whilst also participating in a shark week documentary (Ninja Sharks). Since then by interested in shark ecology has only grown and I have had the opportunity to work with a number of species and been lucky enough to have worked in other incredible destinations such as Peru. I have been a Regional Ambassador for Sharks4Kids since 2015 and graduated last year from an MSc in Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems from The University of St Andrews and have since been working for The Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP).

Welcome to April's Sharks4Kids Marine Science Hangout! Each month we connect with a different marine scientist or ocean explorer to learn about our oceans (spoiler alert, sharks might be featured once or twice!). Anybody can watch live and we'll pick 3-4 classes for each session to participate directly on screen. The format will consist of a lesson followed by a Q&A session. Questions can be sent in advance, asked live via the chat sidebar and of course from the onscreen classes.

This month we will connect with the amazing Andrea Marshall, the world's leading manta ray scientist. Andrea was the first person in the world to complete a PhD on manta rays. After completing her thesis in 2008, Andrea stayed on in Mozambique to spearhead the conservation efforts of this species along this remote coastline. Along with other members of her team, she founded the Marine Megafauna Foundation. As lead scientist for one of the Marine Megafauna Foundation’s flagship research programs, Andrea travels the globe researching manta rays full-time. Her travels have taken her from Ecuador to Egypt and seemingly everywhere in-between. Andrea’s discovery of a new giant species of manta ray in 2008 was one of the largest new species to have been described by any scientist in the last 50 years. She is currently working towards the description of a third Manta species.

The goal of Sharks4Kids is to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. Curriculum, games, activities, photos and videos from scientists, videographers and conservationists bring an exciting element into the classroom and show students the beauty of sharks and the ocean. A unique opportunity for the next generation to learn why sharks need kids and kids need sharks.

Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure!

Welcome to Sharks4Kids Marine Science Hangout, our 2nd for the new school year! Each month we connect with a different marine scientist or ocean explorer to learn about our oceans (spoiler alert, sharks might be featured once or twice!). Anybody can watch live and we'll pick 3 classes for each session to participate directly on screen. The format will consist of a lesson followed by a Q&A session. Questions can be sent in advance, asked live via the chat sidebar and of course from the onscreen classes.
We will be broadcasting live from the South Island of Bimini in the Bahamas! Sharks4Kids founder and marine biologist Jillian Morris will be joined by members from the Bimini Biological Field Station ( www.biminisharklab.com) to do a live shark 'work up' at the lab. Your class won’t want to miss the opportunity to see live science in action. Along with our special wild shark guest, there will be plenty of time to ask questions!

The goal of Sharks4Kids is to create a new generation of shark advocates through access to a dynamic range of educational materials. Curriculum, games, activities, photos and videos from scientists, videographers and conservationists bring an exciting element into the classroom and show students the beauty of sharks and the ocean. A unique opportunity for the next generation to learn why sharks need kids and kids need sharks.

Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education, outreach and adventure!