More than 3,200 individual investigations are currently housed in the File, covering the period from the mid-1500's to present. In our Image Gallery you'll find a wide variety of shark species photographed by world renowned underwater photographers. The Gallery also contains the work of several skilled scientific illustrators. The biological profile section of our page contains species profiles on fishes in our image gallery.
New species are being added, so check back often.
The education section of our pages is geared towards middle school ages and up. There is something here for the everyone from the novice to the advanced. Education Main Page For more information on sharks we've posted several composite reference lists. The American Elasmobranch Society is a professional scientific society of international researchers studying sharks, skates, rays, chimaeras and their near-relatives. AES publishes the American Elasmobranch Society Quarterly Newsletter and actively promotes the conservation and enlightened fishery management of elasmobranchs.