"For decades, the slaughter of sharks – sought after for their fins and meat – has been staggering. But bans on finning and new attitudes in Asia toward eating shark fin soup are leading to optimism about the future for these iconic ocean predators.” Learn more about Dr. Dean Grubbs’ thoughts of on the complexity of marine food webs.

For the first time, Drs. Chip Cotton and Dean Grubbs characterize the reproductive biology of 2 species of deep-sea sharks.

Dive into the cold, mysterious world of sharks and learn more about the bluntnose six-gill shark and Dr. Grubbs' research on oil toxicity in sharks and other marine species. See FSUCML graduate student, Jo Imhoff, measuring a six-gill shark.

Internet connections in the South East Asian nation have been affected by problems with the Asia America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable system for the fourth time in a year, according to local news outlets. The cause of the outages? Sharks, if you believe some online reports. Howver, "Most deep-sea sharks have relatively weakly calcified jaws so their bite force is quite low", says Dr. Dean Grubbs, FSUCML.

FSUCML's Dr. Dean Grubbs and other scientists voice concern about bow fishers in Chesapeake Bay who target pregnant cownose rays in fishing contests that could threaten cownose persistence.

"We're seeing signs that the [sawfish] population may be recovering..." says Dr. Dean Grubbs, FSUCML, an expert on sawfish, comments on the state of affairs for one of the world's most endangered fishes.

Dr. Dean Grubbs, Dr. Chip Cotton, and crew recently returned from a 10-day Deep-C fish ecology cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, where they caught their third specimen (since 2012) of a skate believed to be a new species.

Reports show that shark populations are on the rise, so you can expect to hear a lot about big, bad sharks — but are they really all that bad?

Everyone knows about great white sharks, but have you seen the honeycomb catshark lately?

A team of scientists has just returned from an annual research expedition to study the smalltooth sawfish at Andros Island