Bimini Biological Field Station - Shark Lab

Bimini Biological Field Station - Shark Lab The BBFSF is a world-famous facility founded by shark biologist Dr. Samuel H. Gruber in 1990.

19/06/2026

Introducing our two new interns, Danni and Emma!

After completing a week of intern orientation, they are ready to dive into life at the lab for the next two months helping out with visiting courses, station tours, Request-A-speaker presentations, and workshops! We are excited to welcome you both to the team and are all looking forward to a very busy summer at the station!

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The vet comes to the Shark Lab!With no resident veterinarian on the island, the team from Caves Village Veterinary Hospi...
17/06/2026

The vet comes to the Shark Lab!

With no resident veterinarian on the island, the team from Caves Village Veterinary Hospital on Grand Bahama came to Bimini to assess the health of our local animals! The team spent a day at the Shark Lab performing check ups for the animals of South Bimini before heading to North Bimini to spay, neuter, and check up on the animals over there.

In the lead-up to the clinic, our staff and interns team up with Island Paws Rescue to advertise the clinic and locate stray cats and dogs. During the clinic, our crew helped with organizing visitors, assisted with check ups and supported the visiting vets and animals however we could!

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✍️: Tim Furst

15/06/2026

Blacktips from above!

These blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) were seen swimming near a school of bonefish (Albula vulpes) over one of Bimini’s sand flats. Both blacktips and bonefish are common sights around the Bimini islands, and can sometimes be seen together when the sharks are looking for stragglers in the school they can make into a quick meal.
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📸: Wyatt Albert
✍️: Tim Furst

Goodbye to Northwestern High school!We had a fun shark-filled week with you all despite some windier days! Some highligh...
11/06/2026

Goodbye to Northwestern High school!

We had a fun shark-filled week with you all despite some windier days! Some highlights included snorkelling the Sapona shipwreck, seeing Blacktips, Lemon sharks and southern stingrays and even a Caribbean reef shark! Thank you all for an excellent week!
Northwestern Huskies

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📸: Wyatt Albert
✍️: I S S Y

08/06/2026

Guardians of the reef!

This Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) had the spotlight stolen by a trigger fish in classic trigger fish style! Both of these species are familiar faces across coral reef habitats here in Bimini. As top reef predators, Caribbean reef sharks play an important role in regulating marine ecosystems by predating on fish and maintaining the balance of the reef.

How many Caribbean reef sharks can you spot in this video?

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New blog alert!Check out the most recent addition to the Bimini Shark Lab’s blog page written by current intern and part...
05/06/2026

New blog alert!

Check out the most recent addition to the Bimini Shark Lab’s blog page written by current intern and part-time mermaid .hurleyy !

Want to read Erin’s blog and more posts like it? Check out our website: biminisharklab.com/blog for more!

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04/06/2026

Showing off all her angles!

Ever wonder why Great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) move their head from side to side while swimming? Due to the wide spacing of their eyes, Great hammerheads have nearly 360 degree vision, however, they have a blind spot right in the centre of their head. By moving their head back and forth they can eliminate this blind spot and search for food at the same time!

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Boots, bands and big shark energy!Our crew had such an amazing and successful time at Tortuga Country Music and Conserva...
03/06/2026

Boots, bands and big shark energy!

Our crew had such an amazing and successful time at Tortuga Country Music and Conservation Festival this year! 

We were set up in the conservation village for 3 days where we chatted to over 300 people about sharks, the work we do at the lab, our work in the Florida Keys, and gave out more stamps than ever! Noodle, our Nurse shark also had such a fun time dancing to the pop-up bands! Thank you to everyone who visited our booth! It was great to meet so many shark enthusiasts and we look forward to returning next year!

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Fairfield University 2026!We had such a fun week here at the station hosting students from Fairfield University! They’ve...
02/06/2026

Fairfield University 2026!

We had such a fun week here at the station hosting students from Fairfield University! They’ve been an incredibly fun group and we had a packed week filled with shark ecology lectures, tidepooling, snorkelling reefs, wrecks and encounters with large lemon sharks and stingrays!

Thank you Fairfield, we hope to welcome your university back again in the future!
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Mercury Revive My Rig Giveaway!We are proudly supported by and would not be able to spend most of our days out on the w...
02/06/2026

Mercury Revive My Rig Giveaway!

We are proudly supported by and would not be able to spend most of our days out on the water without the reliability of our Mercury Engines.

Enter for the chance to win a new Mercury outboard to help get your boat back on the water.

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