UNF Shark Biology Program

01/06/2024

Amanda Schaaf gets ready to release a tagged shark

23/09/2017

Join the UNF Shark Biology Program at the GTM NERR Estuary Days to learn about sharks in the Reserve and make your own sharks tooth necklace

21/09/2017

UNF Shark Biology Program Director Dr. Jim Gelsleichter discusses our understanding of how shark movements change in relation to tropical weather.

A University of North Florida professor says sharks can detect when a hurricane or other storm is heading toward Northeast Florida.

07/08/2017

A recent article by one of our collaborators. Dr. Jayne Gardiner has it right...every week is Shark Week for Coastal and Marine Biology students at UNF, New College, and Mote Marine Lab!

On television, it’s "Shark Week," Discovery Channel’s annual lineup of shark-focused programming. Here in Sarasota, New

26/07/2017

New feature on the UNF Shark Biology Program's research on scalloped hammerhead nurseries.

Did you know, the First Coast is home to 15 different species of sharks? But the hammerhead is quite unique. The unusual shape of its head helps to maximize its ability to hunt and sense electrical signals in the water. However, the species is extremely vulnerable.

06/06/2017

A new article on Mote Marine Laboratory research on the spotted eagle ray that the UNF Shark Biology Program is participating in.

LIDO KEY — The camouflage-patterned golf cart zooms down the dock at Mote Marine Laboratory's City Island campus, stopping abruptly at a small boat

28/04/2017

UNF Shark Biology Program's Dr. Jim Gelsleichter comments on a recent First Coast shark bite.

A teen who survived a shark bite to the foot Friday at Hanna Park tells First Coast News he plans to surf again.

28/04/2017

UNF Shark Biology Program recent M.S. graduate and current Biologist Samantha Ehnert participates in a joint research cruise with Mote Marine Laboratory, New College of Florida, and Eckerd College.

Mote Marine scientists work with college students on research vessel

22/11/2016

New article in Wired about the UNF Shark Biology Program's efforts to develop a shark pregnancy test.

Because you can't make a shark p*e on a stick.

13/08/2016

For the second year in a row, the UNF Ecology of Sharks class was able to take a group trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas, to conduct field research at the Cape Eleuthera Institute. This was supported by UNF's Transformational Learning Opportunity Program.