SoMAS research addresses “Sharknado Studies”
The third “Sharknado” film premiers tonight on the SyFy channel, and early reviews suggest a similar level of insanity as has been present in the past two films. While the film suspends belief in as many scenes as possible, there is some accuracy in the...
SBU Scientist Returns to Blog from Bahamian Shark Expedition
Demian Chapman, an associate professor in Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and SBU graduate student Mark Bond are leading a scientific research expedition in the Bahamian Shark Sanctuary. The team is conducting groundbreaking...
Flax to Vax 2015
The Annual SoMAS tradition that puts Students against Faculty took place on Saturday, April 25th. The course this year followed the same path as last year, starting at SoMAS (former home of the Vax computer system) and circling around campus around Circle Drive to...
SoMAS Professor featured in BBC Article, “Spectacular real virgin births”
SoMAS professor Demian Chapman was recently featured in a BBC Earth article regarding the rise of virgin births in many different species. An excerpt is below. On the 14 December 2001, for example, one of three captive adult female bonnethead sharks gave birth to a...
Historic Shark Protections Set to Begin
Sunday, September 14th may seem like just another Sunday to some people but not to those in the shark world. Not only are sharks breathing a huge sigh of relief but so are many people in countries around the world. September 14th is the first day a landmark shark...
SBU Scientist Blogs from Bahamian Shark Expedition
Demian Chapman, an assistant professor in Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and SBU graduate student Mark Bond are leading a scientific research expedition in the Bahamian Shark Sanctuary. The team is conducting groundbreaking...
Demian Chapman Awarded 2014 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SHARK RESEARCHER DEMIAN CHAPMAN AWARDED 2014 PEW FELLOWSHIP IN MARINE CONSERVATION via Stony Brook University Shark Researcher Demian Chapman Awarded 2014 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation – Stony Brook University Newsroom. Project to...
Research Highlight: Shark research and conservation cruise in The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary
The islands of the Bahamas lie within a mosaic of marine habitats where the subtropical open ocean washes over vibrant coral reefs connected to shallow seagrass beds fringed by rich mangrove forests. Divers still see sharks there on a regular basis, which is...
Scientists Estimate More Than 100 Million Sharks Killed Annually
Photo above: Pictured are dried shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. (Credit: Debra Abercrombie). New research featured in the journal Marine Policy estimates a range of between 63 and 273 million sharks killed annually STONY BROOK, NY, March 1, 2013 – The number of...
New Research on Migratory Behavior of Endangered Oceanic Whitetip Sharks Can Help Shape Conservation Strategies
Some sharks spend extended time periods in the protected waters of The Bahamas yet roam long distances when they leave STONY BROOK, NY, February 20, 2013 – As the nations of the world prepare to vote on measures to restrict international trade in endangered sharks in...Counting Sharks with Cameras: “Chum Cam” Underwater Video Survey Shows that Reef Sharks Thrive in Marine Reserves
Study led by scientists from the Institute for Conservation Science at Stony Brook University uses video cameras to count reef sharks, showing that marine reserves benefit these top predators on the world’s second largest barrier reef STONY BROOK, NY, March 8, 2012 –...Vax to Flax 2011
Saturday’s Flax to Vax event was a success!!!We would like to commend the graduate students for organizing a wonderful event. Below are some photos compliments of Kurt Bretsch. Chris Gobler smoked everyone in the race!! Photos from the event are available on...
SoMAS Scientists Study the Great White
In 1971, Peter Matthiessen’s Blue Meridian was published, the vivid first-hand account of American filmmaker Peter Gimbel’s global quest to find and be the first to film the great white shark underwater. Soon after the book was published, came the film version of the...
SoMAS Student Wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
SoMAS student Jasmine Valentin received the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides a three-year annual stipend, a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, and a one-time $1,000 international travel...Subscribe by Email
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