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Shark Encounters

Encounters

A truly humbling encounter at Tiger Beach

Lauren Smith 29/01/2025

Encounters

An incredible moment captured

Lauren Smith 29/01/2025

Encounters

COP 26 Filming

Lauren Smith 29/01/2025

Flapper Skate egglaying site 2020 Skye. Photo Credit Chris Rickard

Encounters

Counting eggcases of critically endangered species

Lauren Smith 31/10/2020

Blue

Spoilt for choice in South Africa dive

Lauren Smith 28/03/2019

Encounters

Oceanic hunters have become the hunted

Lauren Smith 22/04/2017

Bull Huss

Rescue mission to get juvenile bull huss shark off the hook

Lauren Smith 30/10/2015

Encounters

Great white sharks live up to their name

Lauren Smith 30/09/2015

Basking

Finally! A fantastic view of elusive plankton eaters

Lauren Smith 12/07/2015

Bull

Return to Bimini during Great Hammerhead season

Lauren Smith 01/05/2015

Blue

Possibly my favourite shark to date…

Lauren Smith 13/06/2013

Black-tip Reef

Awesome aquatic acrobatics

Lauren Smith 23/08/2011

Encounters

Living and Breathing the Underwater World of the Philippines

Lauren Smith 06/09/2010

Black-tip Reef

Sharks on tap in Palau!

Lauren Smith 02/04/2010

Encounters

Getting my shark fix in Hawaii

Lauren Smith 20/12/2009

Encounters

Assessing the precarious conservation status of the spiny dogfish

Lauren Smith 03/03/2009

Encounters

An impressive yet underrated and overlooked shark

Lauren Smith 01/07/2006

Black-tip

An early trip to South Bimini, the Bahamas

Lauren Smith 18/05/2006

Black-tip Reef

My first wild shark encounter

Lauren Smith 05/01/2006

Current Research

A flapper skate eggcase in situ at the Inner Sound of Skye site

Current Research

Exploratory research and conservation of flapper skate egg-laying sites

Lauren Smith 30/10/2023

Canine detection of elasmobranch eggcases

Current Research

Canine detection of elasmobranch eggcases

Lauren Smith 26/10/2023

Blog

Blog

Western Ecology Tour

Lauren Smith 27/04/2021

Blog

Shark DNA Zip-coding; a way to identify the origin of sharks caught for the international fin trade.

Lauren Smith 08/05/2020

Saw Shark Radiographs Weigmann et al 2020

BiOME Ecology

Two new species of saw sharks discovered

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

The 3.2 million year history of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea

BiOME Ecology

The 3.2 million year history of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

BiOME Ecology

Basking Sharks; Genetic Tagging, Gene Flow & Migration Routes

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

BiOME Ecology

Fish Free February

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

BiOME Ecology

ICCAT 2019 Mako Shark Protection thwarted by EU & US

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

An Xray showing the cartilagenous skeleton of a Bull Huss shark. Copyright Fish Vet Group.

BiOME Ecology

How do Sharks Grow?

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

Scyliorhinus canicula close up Loch Leven

Blog

What is Biofluorescence? Shining a light on biofluorescence in UK waters.

Lauren Smith 17/04/2020

Blog

Stars in their eyes (well, skin).

Lauren Smith 02/07/2019

Beach

Egg(case) Hunting this Easter

Lauren Smith 15/04/2019

Beach Clean

Beach Cleaning

Lauren Smith 04/12/2018

Blog

Call of the Blue

Lauren Smith 29/11/2018

Blog

Investigating Shark Cage Diving

Lauren Smith 29/11/2018

Blog

Beach cleans & shark guts… it’s all rubbish

Lauren Smith 13/06/2018

Blog

Manta Rays and Mirrors…

Lauren Smith 07/03/2018

Blog

Life After Death: How we hatched live shark pups from dead females

Lauren Smith 20/02/2018

Blog

Octopus release goes swimmingly!

Lauren Smith 15/02/2018

Blog

Glow in the dark shark!

Lauren Smith 19/12/2017

Blog

In a Battle of the Predators who wins?

Lauren Smith 16/11/2017

Blog

Giving Fiji’s Shark God a Helping Hand

Lauren Smith 14/09/2017

Blog

The Cull Controversy

Lauren Smith 06/09/2017

Blog

Taking the Plunge with Predators

Lauren Smith 20/06/2017

Blog

When the Research is Wrong

Lauren Smith 06/03/2017

Blog

Guardian Blogs

Lauren Smith 05/12/2016

Blog

The Real Sharknado

Lauren Smith 13/10/2016

Blog

Shark Conservation in the UK

Lauren Smith 29/09/2016

Blog

A Dangerous Delicacy

Lauren Smith 10/03/2016

A Basking Shark feeding on plankton. Photo Credit Richard Aspinall

Blog

In Search of a Plankton Feeder

Lauren Smith 17/11/2015

Blog

Hammer-time!

Lauren Smith 26/03/2015

Blog

Sea Shepherd UK; Seals & Salmon Fisheries

Lauren Smith 21/04/2014

Blog

School Outreach; Shark Program

Lauren Smith 27/02/2014

Blog

“Hope”

Lauren Smith 11/02/2014

Blog

The Ultimate Shark Conservation Experience!

Lauren Smith 30/11/2013

Blog

Gill Envy; Subsurface Trip Report – Tenerife, October 2013.

Lauren Smith 29/11/2013

Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), complete with Pilot Fish Wingman (Finman!), Azores Bank

Blog

The Conservation Status of the Blue Shark

Lauren Smith 23/07/2012

Associates and Affiliates Category

Associates and Affiliates

BSAC (British Subaqua Club)

Lauren Smith 01/11/2023

Associates and Affiliates

Seasearch

Lauren Smith 01/11/2023

Associates and Affiliates

East Grampian Coastal Partnership

Lauren Smith 01/11/2023

Associates and Affiliates

Shark and Skate Citizen Science Scotland

Lauren Smith 01/11/2023