Ara McClanahan
@sharkara.bsky.social
M.S. from Coastal Carolina University with a focus on sand tiger ecology and fish associates in the Carolinas. Crew on the CCU Shark Project. B.S. from Appalachian State University in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Sharks, science, and conservation. 🦈
Night two of photographing the harvest #moon over #SouthCarolina 🌝
It wasn't *as* bright as last night, so it was a little easier to capture the details of the moon in shutter-priority mode ✨
It wasn't *as* bright as last night, so it was a little easier to capture the details of the moon in shutter-priority mode ✨
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Night two of photographing the harvest #moon over #SouthCarolina 🌝
It wasn't *as* bright as last night, so it was a little easier to capture the details of the moon in shutter-priority mode ✨
It wasn't *as* bright as last night, so it was a little easier to capture the details of the moon in shutter-priority mode ✨
What's wrong babe? You've barely touched your caterpillar bouquet.
August 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What's wrong babe? You've barely touched your caterpillar bouquet.
not a single braincell to be found 🥔
August 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
not a single braincell to be found 🥔
Today, my complete master's thesis was formally approved and accepted by CCU. 🎉
I *officially* have my M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, courtesy of my research entitled Site fidelity, seasonality, movement, and fish associates of sand tigers 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 in North Carolina. 🦈
I *officially* have my M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, courtesy of my research entitled Site fidelity, seasonality, movement, and fish associates of sand tigers 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 in North Carolina. 🦈
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today, my complete master's thesis was formally approved and accepted by CCU. 🎉
I *officially* have my M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, courtesy of my research entitled Site fidelity, seasonality, movement, and fish associates of sand tigers 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 in North Carolina. 🦈
I *officially* have my M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, courtesy of my research entitled Site fidelity, seasonality, movement, and fish associates of sand tigers 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 in North Carolina. 🦈
I made myself a burrata salad for the first time today 😅 it was so good! I've got to branch out more!
August 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I made myself a burrata salad for the first time today 😅 it was so good! I've got to branch out more!
We had a crazy lightning storm last night, I extracted a few frames ⚡
August 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We had a crazy lightning storm last night, I extracted a few frames ⚡
Reposted by Ara McClanahan
My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue.
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
academic.oup.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue.
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
The unfurling process has been an awkward growing-up stage, but this leaf is getting there! 🌿
July 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The unfurling process has been an awkward growing-up stage, but this leaf is getting there! 🌿
Reposted by Ara McClanahan
Apristurus iterum, a new shark discovered based on egg case morphology and sequence data obtained from a formalin-fixed specimen
doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
July 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Apristurus iterum, a new shark discovered based on egg case morphology and sequence data obtained from a formalin-fixed specimen
doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
Leaf progress from yesterday 🌿
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Leaf progress from yesterday 🌿
Two new leaves unfurling on my monstera! 🌿
July 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Two new leaves unfurling on my monstera! 🌿
My camera's been pretty dormant the past two years. Almost forgot how much I loved birding until I found my 2022 photos from Huntington Beach State Park ❤️
#SCStateParks
#SCStateParks
July 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My camera's been pretty dormant the past two years. Almost forgot how much I loved birding until I found my 2022 photos from Huntington Beach State Park ❤️
#SCStateParks
#SCStateParks
Spent a good while trying to find one of the cats....no big deal. Just in the laundry bin 😂
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Spent a good while trying to find one of the cats....no big deal. Just in the laundry bin 😂
Reposted by Ara McClanahan
What Shark Experts (including me) Really Think About Shark Week
What Shark Experts Really Think About Shark Week
On the 30th anniversary of Shark Week, we called up some shark scientists for a no-holds-barred conversation about the impact of the pop culture phenomenon
www.outsideonline.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What Shark Experts (including me) Really Think About Shark Week
Reposted by Ara McClanahan
back from vacation (a week ago) and about to make it everyone’s problem
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
back from vacation (a week ago) and about to make it everyone’s problem
Born and raised on the coast of the Carolinas and it took going to St. Paul, Minnesota, to finally spot a spotted sandpiper on the banks of the Mississippi. 😂🥰
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Born and raised on the coast of the Carolinas and it took going to St. Paul, Minnesota, to finally spot a spotted sandpiper on the banks of the Mississippi. 😂🥰
For more information on what Spot A Shark USA does/continues to do for sand tigers in the Carolinas, check out this article from Frontiers in Marine Science. This is my first publication as a co-author and amazingly the thumbnail is my first ArcGIS map! 🦈
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Frontiers | Community science informs movement and reproductive ecology of sand tigers Carcharias taurus off North Carolina, United States of America
Sand tigers are frequently observed at shipwrecks and other artificial reef habitats off North Carolina (USA), but data about occupancy, movement ecology, an...
www.frontiersin.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
For more information on what Spot A Shark USA does/continues to do for sand tigers in the Carolinas, check out this article from Frontiers in Marine Science. This is my first publication as a co-author and amazingly the thumbnail is my first ArcGIS map! 🦈
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
I began working on Spot A Shark USA (based on the 2006 Australian program Spot A Shark) in 2018, where I first met my future major advisor Dr. Erin Burge. Later, I was able to integrate both SharkCam (via explore.org) #sandtiger footage into #SpotASharkUSA to form the basis of my master's research.
July 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I began working on Spot A Shark USA (based on the 2006 Australian program Spot A Shark) in 2018, where I first met my future major advisor Dr. Erin Burge. Later, I was able to integrate both SharkCam (via explore.org) #sandtiger footage into #SpotASharkUSA to form the basis of my master's research.
For some more background info, I have multiple seasons of field #sharkresearch under my belt courtesy of the Coastal Carolina University shark project (run by Dr. Dan Abel, who served on my thesis committee). What wonderful diversity in Winyah Bay, SC!
July 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
For some more background info, I have multiple seasons of field #sharkresearch under my belt courtesy of the Coastal Carolina University shark project (run by Dr. Dan Abel, who served on my thesis committee). What wonderful diversity in Winyah Bay, SC!
I'm Ara, I attended my first-ever #JMIH2025 where I presented my M.S. research via poster in Carcharias taurus site fidelity, seasonality, and fish associates in NC. 🦈
My B.S. in Ecology is from App State (2015). I worked as an aquarist and researcher for Spot A Shark USA before my M.S. from CCU.
My B.S. in Ecology is from App State (2015). I worked as an aquarist and researcher for Spot A Shark USA before my M.S. from CCU.
July 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm Ara, I attended my first-ever #JMIH2025 where I presented my M.S. research via poster in Carcharias taurus site fidelity, seasonality, and fish associates in NC. 🦈
My B.S. in Ecology is from App State (2015). I worked as an aquarist and researcher for Spot A Shark USA before my M.S. from CCU.
My B.S. in Ecology is from App State (2015). I worked as an aquarist and researcher for Spot A Shark USA before my M.S. from CCU.
I'll make a formal, professional introduction of myself here tomorrow but for now, enjoy my porch golden silk orb-weaver who will hopefully produce an egg sac soon!
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'll make a formal, professional introduction of myself here tomorrow but for now, enjoy my porch golden silk orb-weaver who will hopefully produce an egg sac soon!
Left JMIH with vocal fry and here I am again back in South Carolina talking everyone's ears off about sharks! A consequence of multiple days interacting with great researchers and great research! No rest for the wicked 🦈
July 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Left JMIH with vocal fry and here I am again back in South Carolina talking everyone's ears off about sharks! A consequence of multiple days interacting with great researchers and great research! No rest for the wicked 🦈
Hi everyone! New to BlueSky. This was my first time at #JMIH2025 and wow! I had a great time and learned SO much. I hope so everyone again next year 🦈
Also, maybe I'll make it to Monster Jam some time😁
Also, maybe I'll make it to Monster Jam some time😁
July 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Hi everyone! New to BlueSky. This was my first time at #JMIH2025 and wow! I had a great time and learned SO much. I hope so everyone again next year 🦈
Also, maybe I'll make it to Monster Jam some time😁
Also, maybe I'll make it to Monster Jam some time😁