WWF is elated to announce Jasmin Graham, MSc., as winner of the third-annual Conservation Leadership Award. This award aims to give the next generation of conservation leaders access to a global platform and experts, and provides a financial prize that recipients can use to further their professional or educational goals related to their conservation work. Graham is a marine biologist, environmental educator, and social justice activist. She is the CEO and president of the organization Minorities in Shark Sciences.

Dr. Grubbs’ lab recently spent 8 days in the Marquesas Keys with scientists from the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum and Bimini Biological Field Station to tag and collect valuable data from various species of elasmobranchs.

Ph.D. Candidates Johanna Imhoff, Kevin Olsen, and Cheston Peterson all successfully defended their dissertations and graduated during FSU’s 2021 summer commencement!  All of us at the Marine Lab are so proud of the accomplishments of these standout scholars and we are thrilled to watch them fledge to grow even more in their chosen professions. So where are they headed now?

Dr. Grubbs and Dr. Abel's book, "Shark Biology and Conservation" has rave reviews! Check out the awesome write-up on their book on pages 70 - 74 in "Shark News" - a publication put out by IUCN Shark Specialist Group.

Recent PhD graduate, Bryan Keller, is the lead scientist on new research finding that sharks likely use the Earth’s magnetic fields to help guide them on their migrations. Keller specifically examined a group of bonnethead sharks that spend the summer off the coast of the FSU Coastal and Marine Lab, before migrating south for the winter. Other populations of bonnetheads have been shown to undertake migrations over 1000 km roundtrip. The team’s work is published in the latest issue of Current Biology

The FSUCML sawfish research team recently completed their first tagging trip of 2021. Consisting of FSUCML faculty member Dr. Dean Grubbs, FSU graduate students Ashley Dawdy and Blake Hamilton, and UNF graduate student Kristin Palmrose from Dr. Jim Gelsleichter’s lab, the team successfully tagged 7 large endangered smalltooth sawfish over three days.

Dr. Grubbs co-authored a new paper using acoustic telemetry to describe movements of bonefish from spawning areas to adult home ranges in Andros, Bahamas. The work highlights the role marine protected areas, such as a marine national park, can play in conserving economically important species.

Peter Klimley, a well-known shark biologist and author of "The Biology of Sharks and Rays" (2013), publishes a glowing review of Dean Grubbs and Daniel Abel's new book, "Shark Biology and Conservation" in the journal, Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Dr. Grubbs' new book, "Shark Biology and Conservation," co-authored by Dr. Dan Abel from Coastal Carolina University, is officially released! With contributions by Dr. Tristan Guttridge and beautiful illustrations by Elise Pullen and Marc Dando, this book is perfect for shark students, educators, and enthusiasts alike.

Awesome article featuring the work of Dr. Dean Grubbs and his students - diving deeper into shark education.