Swimming with Sharks

Spot A Shark USA is a citizen-science program focused on sand tiger shark research along the Atlantic coast.

Carol Seals Price is an instructor and undergraduate research mentor at NC State University, the Conservation Research Coordinator for the North Carolina Aquariums and the project manager for Spot A Shark USA. SCUBA divers photograph the sand tiger sharks they encounter and post their images to the Spot A Shark USA website. Dr. Price’s team of aquarium scientists and NC State students then use Wildbook® software to map the unique spot patterns visible along the sides of the photographed sharks to identify individual animals.

This immersive exhibit was created by Trevor Thornton, an applications developer in the Libraries’ Digital Library Initiatives department.