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The New Technology Changing How We Track Sharks

Season 1 Episode 4 | 14m 37s

Jasmin Graham visits shark researcher and data analyst, Apryl Boyle, at El Porto Beach, California to learn about the work she’s done to help surfers become community scientists. Find out what we can learn from Environmental DNA (eDNA), how it’s analyzed, and how it can be used for conservation management practices.

Aired: 11/26/23
Funding for SHARKS UNKNOWN WITH JASMIN GRAHAM is provided by the National Science Foundation.
Extras
The tiny bonnethead shark might be holding a secret or two.
Explore how we find and tag a massive and mysterious shark: the basking shark.
Could a shark prey unlock the secret to the ultimate shark repellent?
Jasmin teams up with Weathered host, Maiya May, to search for sharks in the Gulf Stream.
Shark scientists head over to La Jolla to investigate a natural “shark spa.”
Shark scientists Jasmin and Amani teach students how to collect data from wild sharks.
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The tiny bonnethead shark might be holding a secret or two.
Explore how we find and tag a massive and mysterious shark: the basking shark.
Could a shark prey unlock the secret to the ultimate shark repellent?
Jasmin teams up with Weathered host, Maiya May, to search for sharks in the Gulf Stream.
Shark scientists head over to La Jolla to investigate a natural “shark spa.”
Shark scientists Jasmin and Amani teach students how to collect data from wild sharks.