🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

New paper lead by Maurits van Zinnicq Bergmann, PhD we used individual based modelling and telemetry to understand the roles of predation risk and competition in driving space use by a shark and ray community.

doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

"Shark vs. Ross Edgley" (and the rest of #Sharkfest) premieres June 30th on National Geographic and streams on @Hulu and Disney+! We spoke with Mike Heithaus, a renowned marine biologist featured in the film, about tech, conservation efforts, and more! 🦈 loom.ly/hFngXBU

🚨 New 🦈 Shark Study: A groundbreaking analysis, published in Science Magazine, reveals the outsized role sharks play in maintaining #biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more: bit.ly/4c8IZM3 FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou Simon Dedman

What we do/don’t know re: sharks ecological roles. Much predation/fear by big coastal sharks, by western unis, little else. Must protect big individuals & species’ outsized roles. MPAs crucial; engage communities to improve outcomes & shark perceptions tinyurl.com/52e295m3

Shark conservation must go beyond simply protecting shark populations — it must prioritize protecting the ecological roles of sharks. FIU FIUdc

Big sharks equal big impact, but there’s a big problem. FIU-led study reveals those most affected by fishing are most needed for healthy oceans. Shark Conservation Fund news.fiu.edu/2024/big-shark… FIUdc

We found that because #sharks play such diverse and sometimes important functions in maintaining healthy oceans, their current decline is an urgent problem. theconversation.com/oceans-without… FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education

From the tropics to polar waters, from the surface to the deepsea, there are over 500 species of sharks 🦈 that play a variety of roles. A new study highlights how they shape the ocean and what we can do to protect them: environment.fiu.edu/what-we-study/… Shark Conservation Fund FIU Mike Heithaus

We & @UFEarthSystems are excited for a new semester of live #OceanExpertExchange webinars. We get underway Oct 10 w/ Dr. Mike Heithaus of Heithaus Lab FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education who will bring the world of #sharks to life as he discusses decades of cutting-edge research! 👉 hubs.ly/Q02KNQSC0

Congrats to Dr. Liberty Boyd on defending her dissertation on the factors influencing movements and habitat use of green turtles! Nice day for the celebratory plunge!

FIU soars into the Top 50 among public universities and Top 100 overall @USNews, rising faster than any university in the last 10 years. We couldn’t have done it without you, Panthers! Read at more: ow.ly/OtBO50Tu5rk

Congrats to Kristine Zikmanis on defending her PhD!! Check out the first paper from her work on bull shark nurseries in RookeryBayReserve …thanks to all the Rookery Bay staff and volunteers Yannis Papastamatiou Heithaus Lab & FIU Institute of Environment link.springer.com/article/10.100…

What does it take to film a great white shark up close and without a cage? @BertieGregory finds out as he kicks off #Sharkfest 2025! #SharksUpClose with Bertie Gregory premieres Saturday, July 5 at 8/7 on National Geographic. Streaming soon on Disney+ and Hulu.

He's swum with a lot of sharks over the years, but diving with great whites would be a whole new challenge! Don't miss #SharksUpClose with Bertie Gregory when it premieres as part of #SharkFest on Saturday, July 5 at 8/7c on National Geographic TV. Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

Tune in to Good Morning America during the 8am ET hour tomorrow & Saturday and ABC News Live Prime during the 12pm ET hour tomorrow. We’re talking #SharkFest

The new National Geographic series "Investigation Shark Attack" examines human-shark encounters, Florida-based marine biologist Dr. Mike Heithaus joins #ABCNewsLive to discuss the latest research on shark attacks in the U.S.

My new show - Investigation Shark Attack - launches on Saturday 9pm on NatGeo, Disney+, Hulu and Wild. And the reviews are in: “The cinematography matches the show’s scientific depth, with stunning aerial footage, eerie underwater shots, and high-tech visualizations. But its