Filling the Gaps to Protect Sharks in Angola with Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares
This week on the World of Sharks podcast we are meeting Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares, founder of the Angola Elasmo Project - a grassroots initiative focussed on the research and conservation of sharks and...
29 Maj 202553min
Forensic Fisheries: Using DNA to Investigate the Trade in Shark Liver Oil with Dr Madeline Green
The trade in shark liver oil is an invisible threat to sharks. Not only is there limited research on the topic, but liver oil is notoriously difficult to track and trace. Enter Dr Madeline Green, mole...
15 Maj 202553min
Hungry Sharks? How a Shark's Digestive System Works
Spiral intestines! Curly poop! A shark that eats plants! And…turning your stomach inside out because you ate something dodgy?! In this episode we explore the ins and outs of a shark’s digestive system...
1 Maj 202551min
Epaulette Sharks: The Sharks That Can Walk On Land with Faqih Akbar Algozali
Why swim when you can just walk from a to b?! This week, we are taking a closer look at the "walking" or epaulette sharks, a group of nine species who have evolved a slightly unusual way of getting ar...
17 Apr 20251h
The Fascinating and Weird World of Shark Eggs with Cat Gordon
Join us for a slightly different easter egg hunt, as we go in search of shark eggcases! From tiny catshark eggcases no bigger than your index finger, to a skate that lays eggs larger than your head an...
3 Apr 202557min
Electroreception: The Shark's Sixth Sense with Professor Stephen Kajiura
In this episode, we are exploring the ‘sixth sense’ of sharks – electroreception! We are joined by sensory biologist and shark elasmobranch expert Dr Stephen Kajiura, Professor in the Department of Bi...
20 Mars 202552min
The Lives of Sharks with Dr Dean Grubbs
How do sharks learn to be a shark? Do they really eat their siblings? Is there such a thing as a shark teenager? How do sharks find a mate? And what happens when they reach old age? In this episode, w...
6 Mars 20251h
Uncovering The Shark Meat Trade With Dr Divya Karnad and Dr Trisha Gupta
The shark meat trade is a multi-billion dollar industry. But it receives relatively little attention, and remains understudied. This week, we sit down with conservation scientists Dr Divya Karnad and ...
20 Feb 202557min
