Shark Research

Illuminating Shark Exposure To Ecoestrogens
By: Adam Voiland

At Lake Apopka in Central Florida, the alligators have tiny penises. They run a third the size of normal alligator phalli and have significantly diminished sperm counts. In England, on the Lee River, feminized male fish have eggs as well as sperm in their gonads. And in the Great Lakes region, birds - including male herring gulls, terns and bald eagles - start exhibiting hermaphroditic changes after eating feminized fish.

More Than Just 'Shark Lady'
By: Rebecca Evanhoe

Imagine having the chance to meet a childhood hero and the opportunity to sit down for a meaningful conversation. Mote Magazine intern Rebecca Evanhoe had just that chance when she was asked to interview Dr. Eugenie Clark, founder of the lab that would become Mote and author of the best-selling books Lady with a Spear and The Lady and the Sharks, based on her experiences as a marine scientist.

One Big Fish
By: Patrick Maggard

Dr. Bob Hueter’s first encounter with a whale shark, more than 30 years ago, was exciting, a little scary and ichthyologically incorrect.

Bull Sharks: A Real Balancing Act
By: Randolph Fillmore

Michelle Heupel has spent hundreds of hours catching, tagging, releasing and tracking young bull sharks in Southwest Florida’s Caloosahatchee River. “I want to know more about how bull sharks — the only shark species known to frequent freshwater environments — survive in fresh water,” said Heupel, Ph.D, a staff scientist in Mote’s Center for Shark Research.

Cartilaginous Compendium
By: Patrick Maggard

Sometimes the story behind the story is just as interesting as the material that ends up in print.