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A program at the University of Miami pairs teen girls with female researchers as they catch 300-pound sharks. The idea it to encourage more girls to enter STEM careers.
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We’re joined by the director of the film South Beach Shark Club, Robert Requejo Ramos. He grew up in Miami Beach and was inspired to make the film after hearing family lore about a group of Cuban exiles and shark fishermen in the 1970s.
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Florida remains a world leader in shark bites, even as the number of bites globally declines, according to a new report by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File.
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A small shark that hangs together by gender in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s West Coast, and at first glance doesn’t appear to do anything noteworthy, is one of the latest creatures to be recommended for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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A spate of recent criminal indictments highlights how U.S. companies, taking advantage of a patchwork of federal and state laws, are supplying a market for shark fins that activists say is reprehensible.
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The days of reporting daily cases and hospitalizations are long over, but the pandemic is not. COVID is still infecting thousands of people in the U.S. every day. Plus, we tease our Wildlife Thursdays making a comeback.
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Inter Miami CF defender Aimé Mabika, who is new to the team joins us. It’s Wildlife Thursday and we’re looking at one of the most fascinating and possibly misunderstood species in Florida––the shark. Plus, a sneak peek at some sweet treats by a local chef at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
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Still, the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File says the high number of shark bites and deaths last year was on par with long-term averages.
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Wildlife managers have warned that as warming waters change where fish and other marine life live, existing conservation efforts will become less effective.
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A University of Miami study published this month found that while other sharks flee hurricanes, tiger sharks stayed put when Hurricane Mathew pounded the Bahamas in 2016.
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Climate change is hitting the oceans hard, both warming and acidifying the water. Ocean scientists are hoping the Biden Administration dives in quickly to address it.
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Dave Campo has been catching sharks since he was 12 years old. He spends his nights bobbing on the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean, waiting...