Throw back to when basking sharks received legal protection in Irish waters after a long road campaign from Irish Basking Shark Jennifer Whitmore TD and signed into law by Malcolm Noonan T.D. & Charlie McConalogue 🙌💪👊🌊🦈 Amazing work folks 👏

#BaskingSharkDay #OceanOptimism

Tune into Shark Week TONIGHT and watch an episode featuring the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station's (COMES) new Director, James Sulikowski and his work with Porbeagle sharks (Discovery Channel, 7/24 at 9 am ET). discovery.com/shark.../sw-sc…

Pictures from the multi-awarded film '700 Sharks' on our research on the behavioural ecology of grey reef sharks in Fakarava (French Polynesia)

Watch as COMES Director Dr. James Sulikowski catches baby sharks for tagging in South Carolina on NBC's The Today Show!
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Are you gearing up for @sharkweek? COMES' new director and shark researcher Dr. James Sulikowski will be featured in the TWO episodes noted below! OSU Ag Sciences

I've been talking to Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) and Nicholas Payne about this for awhile now, so I'm absolutely thrilled that this is public knowledge! Great work by this team - can confirm that getting thermistors into basking sharks is NOT EASY 🔥

It’s finally out!! One of my favorite talks from Sharks International last October. Congrats Dr Haley Dolton (she/her)

Check out our new basking shark regional endothermy study over on the New Scientist! 🔥🦈 newscientist.com/article/238327…
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BASKING SHARKS ARE REGIONALLY ENDOTHERMIC!!! 🤯🦈🥵
Absolutely fascinating work by Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) & team showing evidence that #BaskingSharks are not the cold-blooded fish we always thought they were!
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Basking sharks are what now?! New paper led by Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) where we document regional endothermy in our favourite giant filter feeding sharky 🔥. Interesting implications for evolution and ecological advantages of regional endothermy; we thought it was only seen in apex 🦈&🐟1/3

July 14 is SHARK AWARENESS DAY, an annual reminder to raise awareness of these incredible creatures that roam the oceans.
Fifteen shark species inhabit the waters off the Oregon coast, including giant filter-feeding basking sharks.
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When UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group students and faculty past and present spanning 30 years get together for a photo at #ABS2023 ! Animal Behavior Society

Incredibly excited to share this with everyone! My first authored publication is out, with Kay McMonigal leading the team. This comes at the perfect time—happy pride san diego! dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023AV…

Thanks to all Animal Behavior Society #ABS2023 who attended my talk yesterday (and Kate Laskowski for the breakdown 😉)! Also, it's #SharkAwarenessDay . Whether you are aware or not, come find me for a Big Fish Lab sticker 🦈 Shockingly, I am the one with sharks on my shirt...

What's the deal with basking sharks? No one really knows but Dr. Alex McInturf is starting to figure it out. She deployed a bunch of 'chat tags' on these impressive beasts in Ireland - turns out they're way more social than we thought! #ABS2023

🚨Postdoc opportunity!!🚨 Come and work with us in the Block lab Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University Stanford University

We're looking for someone to join our white shark team. The position will primarily focus on the analyses of telemetry data, with a strong field component🦈🦈

🇮🇪 Passport news 🇮🇪

Ireland is currently carrying out a public survey on what animals & plants should feature on our updated passport.

Vote for your favourite below. If you can't chose, we're big fans of #baskingshark and would love your help🦈

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