This Friday (July 14th) is #SharkAwarenessDay , and this year we're focusing on the #RhinoRay (Sawfish, Guitarfish, Wedgefish, and Banjo Rays). They're some of the most threatened fish that many have never heard of, so join us for a day of celebration and awareness-raising!

What a fine little fellow

The NOAA endangered shark killing scandal is now international news. Thank you to the UK The Independent for covering this critical story. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Free diving and thriving 🧜‍♀️ S/o to Malta's finest photographer Michael Paris 📷

Most people don't know about the secretive federal agency that kills wild animals by the tens of millions, or its use of cyanide bombs that poison endangered species, pets and humans alike — including on public land. That practice may soon come to an end. theintercept.com/2023/07/27/cya…

Truly shameful. A sitting member of Congress, Rep. Ralph Norman, stating that he hopes white-nose syndrome, which affects long-eared bats, “wipes out all of them.” We need our representatives to fight extinction, not be its cheerleader.

YELLOW• VIBRANCY & WONDER✨

These sharks have been the focus of my research since arrivving in Malta; the scale at which they come into the market compared to all other elasmobranch's is insane! If anyone knows of researchers working with this species currently, let me know! #spurdog

Meet our intern Charlotte! Having completed her Masters in Marine Ecology, she joined the team in March to study the sharks of the Mediterranean. She is focused on raising awareness and collecting and analysing fisheries data. Her current favourite shark is the Longnose Spurdog!

Could only happen to a fish. Imagine hunting a rare apex land predator as soon as it returned, without even knowing for sure why it's back. inews.co.uk/news/environme…

I love her 🥰

This horseshoe crab urgently helping its friend x.com/tuidelescriban…

This was such a phenomenal week, such a wonderful chance to learn from some of the most interesting and innovative researchers in the field! Massive thanks to The Shark Trust for making this happen 😊

A really worthwhile read that well encapsulates what a problem we have with media literacy and science communication imo

The response to student protests at universities like mine USC and throughout America has been unacceptable Not to mention counterproductive, even on its own terms #Gaza #protest #freespeech Thank you to all the students and faculty standing up for our values Christiane Amanpour 🙏🏽

An interesting find on a beach walk today in Kalymnos, Greece and from some googling I believe this is a pyrosome? I could only find one species known in the region which to me looked different to this but I'd love to get some insight if anyone knows more about this species!

This could not be more delightful

“A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found.”

WORLD-FIRST LOOK at Walking With Dinosaurs 🦖🦕👀 More than 25 years after it first stomped across TV screens, Walking With Dinosaurs is returning this year! This new six-part series will reveal the incredible life stories of these long-lost giants, thanks to experts using