Paul J Clerkin

Our friends at Desert Star Systems have made a huge contribution toward the purchase of one of their high-quality tags for this project, greatly reducing the amount that we need to raise to save Me...

Hi Backers! We have an updated video to brief you on the project. Take a look, tell us what you think! And again, thank you for backing the Adopt a Megamouth campaign!

Who doesn't love gifts for supporting shark research? Since some backers have donated $50 or more to help adopt Megamouth sharks, we made some 3Doodler Megamouth sharks to say thank you. The first ...

Happy to announce some gifts! The first 200 backers ($25 and up) each will receive an original print from previous expeditions on the high seas. Thirteen backers have already donated $25+, so we ha...

Look what we found leafing through old editions of National Geographic Magazine. This story from 1992 seems modern: "Do Sharks Deserve Their Bad Reputation?" Later in the story the writer talks abo...

Finding and tagging a Megamouth shark on Alien Sharks: Close Encounters was an amazing experience for me, and I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to share the mysteries of Mega...

Hi Everyone!I can toss a throwback Thursday on a lab update right? Why not! Today I bring you a flashback to preparing for my most recent trip to the Southern Indian Ocean.  About tw...

Hi everyone, We dove right into the tedious side of science this week, sorting hundreds of vials of tissue samples and photo-documenting an egg case from a new species of deep-sea catshark. UROC in...