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Shark Chronicles 006 – The 2008 SAMPLA internship program
Posted by Enrico Gennari & Toby Keswick on March 14, 2008
Here at SAMPLA, we like to be called “dirty” scientists – perhaps a little ambiguous but it basically refers to us getting our work done in the field, with the smell of rotting fish and the ocean swell, rather than in an office (which is sometimes required, too!) Read more...
Shark Chronicles 005 – The endeavour of the RV Heraclitus
Posted by Enrico Gennari & Toby Keswick on March 6, 2008
The world is still full of challenges. The main thing is you have to look for them, things just don’t happen all by themselves… So seek out adventures, as long as you can find them, as long as you can tackle them with energy and all of your effort, you’ll succeed on them.” SIR EDMUND HILLARY Read more...
Shark Chronicles 004 – Megalodon: the Prehistoric Predator
Posted by Ryan Johnson & Toby Keswick on
The Megalodon, Meg, (Carcharodon megalodon), is a prehistoric shark, amongst the largest and most formidable of the extinct marine predators. Read more...
Shark Chronicles 003 – The elusive Zambezi (bull) shark of the Breede River
Posted by Ryan Johnson & Toby Keswick on February 20, 2008
This week saw SAMPLA travel to the Breede River in the Western Cape Province to search for South Africa’s most southerly population of Zambezi (bull) sharks. Read more...
Shark Chronicles 002 – Launch of the SAMPLA white shark research project
Posted by Ryan Johnson, Stephen Swanson, Enrico Gennari & Toby Keswick on February 16, 2008
SAMPLA’s inaugural week has arrived and gone, leaving an air of excitement amongst SAMPLA’s team of scientists, photographers and explorers. Read more...
Shark Chronicles 001 – The beginning of a new era…
Posted by Toby Keswick on December 15, 2007
Welcome to the beginning of SAMPLA. Read more...