The Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach has received a last-minute financial lifeline that will allow the facility to continue its research. For the last 10 years, the world-renowned Shark Lab has been ...

Montauk Shark Lab opened to the public in June and has already welcomed hundreds of visitors who have explored its touch tanks and various sea creatures. Dr. Craig O’Connell runs the lab. He said ...

The value of eDNA goes beyond white sharks. It’s proving to be a low-cost, noninvasive way to detect rare species and fill in knowledge gaps that traditional methods often can’t. Most people don’t ...

This Summer 2025, the Shark Lab is hosting Shark Shacks at various beaches along Southern California every week to help build an appreciation for sharks by reducing fear and informing the public about ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Diego Cardeñosa always knew he wanted to study sharks. But when he started his Ph.D., he had to make a choice: tagging sharks in the field — the ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...