Isurus oxyrinchus The shortfin mako is considered the fastest shark in the world, able to reach burst swimming speeds of up to 43 mph (70 km h-1) (Diez et al. 2015). This classically shaped shark is hydrodynamically efficient with a pointed snout, triangular dorsal fin and large and a crescen
North America, it ranges from California to Chile in the Pacific and from the Grand Banks
Hi! My name is Alexia Cosman, and I am the 2022 Florida Program for Shark Research Intern! I am now a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Florida, majoring in Microbiology and Cell Science at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For a little background on me, I am originally f
lines as close as we could to the shallows of the oyster beds littered along the banks
Long before Columbus, the islands of the Caribbean were home to Native American peoples. Over thousands of years, these island inhabitants built rich and diverse cultures, with their own technology, diet, history, religion, and art. Sadly, these people all but disappeared in less than a generation a
Origins The origins of the Tainos are traced to the banks of the Orinoco River
Carcharodon carcharias The white shark (or great white) is one of the best known sharks, yet relatively little is known about its biology. It is one of the largest species of sharks, with an estimated maximum size of about 20 feet (600 cm) (Fergusson et al. 2009), though there are unconfirmed
coastal archipelagos inhabited by seals, sea lions and walruses, offshore reefs, banks
Christopher Columbus. Admiral of the Ocean Sea. The Great Navigator. Renown as the champion of the belief that the earth was round. The man who sought the riches of the Far East by sailing to the west, and who happened instead upon a New World. The man who discovered America. How accurate is the po
English fishermen from Bristol were fishing on the banks off Newfoundland by the
