Course curriculum

  • 1

    About this course

    • What to expect

    • Tell us about yourself!
  • 2

    Latest Research

    • Sawfish Movements by Jasmin Graham

    • Shark Brains by Maggie Mcclean

    • Bioluminecence by Jahnita Demoranville

    • Shark biodiversity in Mexican Pacific waters by Luz Erandi Saldaña-Ruiz

    • What is a Cookie Cutter Shark and How Does it Glow?

    • Oh Behave! How Basking Sharks Behave Below the Surface

    • Lemons Can be People Too: The Connection Between Personality and Life History in Lemon Sharks

    • Where the River Sharks Go: The Movement Ecology of Speartooth River Sharks

    • Did you hear? How Sound Effects Captive Whale Sharks
  • 3

    A Day in the Life

    • A Day in the Life: The Search for Baby Sawfish

    • A Day in the Life: Elasmobranchs of La Jolla, CA
  • 4

    Marine Policy and Elasmobranch Conservation

    • Status of Chondrichthyans Worldwide

    • The Endangered Species Act

    • CITES

    • IUCN Inforgraphic

    • Overfishing

    • Ways to Protect Sharks Infographic
  • 5

    Elasmobranch Biology and Identification

    • Unique Species

    • Thresher Sharks

    • Whale Sharks

    • Shark Reproduction

    • Shark Biology Lecture (slides)

    • Shark Biology Lecture (video)

    • Adaptations

    • Shark Senses

    • Shark Evolution

    • Shark Ecology (slides)

    • Ecology Infographic
  • 6

    Vulnerable and Endangered Elasmobranchs

    • Sawfish

    • Sawfish Species Fact Sheet

    • Endangered Guitarfish

    • Hammerheads

    • Wedgefishes

    • Makos

    • Endangered Elasmos Fact Sheet
  • 7

    Para hispanohablantes

    • Los recursos en español