Outreach

How you can support science in the Big Fish lab

Help support cutting-edge shark science at the BFL by donating directly to fund projects supporting conservation and management of these amazing species.

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Curriculum/Educational tools

Find curricula supported by our research here.

 

UPCOMING events

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Want to hear from us?

If you are interested in scheduling a presentation, webinar, or having us participate in an education or outreach event, please contact us at [email protected] .

 

In The News

Big Fish Lab working with a shark on a boat

Why do sharks keep returning to Washington's Willapa Bay?

The director of the lab, Dr. Taylor Chapple, said they are tracking the movements and physiology of large predators in our oceans. What they...

Taylor Chapple educates audience members about shark reproduction while holding the reproductive organs of a salmon shark being dissected by Reilly Boyt (left) and Maddie English (middle) during Big Fish Fest. Photo: Carter Pardue / Daily Barometer

Big Fish Fest swims back into PRAx

The Big Fish Fest shark dissection event returns Sept. 5 at the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts. “This year’s event will be...

Researchers from Oregon State University tag a broadnose sevengill shark in Hammersley Inlet (Sam Fletcher, Salish Current 2025)

Tagging nearly complete on most elusive Salish sharks

The summer wind picks up on the beach along Hammersley Inlet. Graduate students from Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab and undergraduate...