Tag Archives: Chasing Shadows

The Jaws Effect

Posted on 3 July 2023 by Ret Talbot

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and it’s also a couple days into National Geographic’s SharkFest. CHASING SHADOWS, my new book written with shark biologist Greg Skomal, publishes in just nine days…so, of course, I’m thinking sharks and Jaws and … Continue reading →

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Naming Sharks

Posted on 2 July 2023 by Ret Talbot

In Chasing Shadows, which comes out in just 10 days, my co-author, Greg Skomal, and I talk about the practice of naming the sharks he is studying. Greg is a shark biologist, and he’s identified many sharks off the coast … Continue reading →

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Countdown to CHASING SHADOWS Launch Day – Daily Blog Entries with Excerpts from the Book

Posted on 1 July 2023 by Ret Talbot

Chasing Shadows is a book about the resurgence in the white shark population in the western North Atlantic seen through the eyes of shark biologist Greg Skomal, who quite unexpectedly, found himself in the middle of it all. Written with … Continue reading →

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30 Years of Coastal Shark Protection in the Atlantic

Posted on 9 April 2023 by Ret Talbot

This April marks the 30th anniversary of US federal protection for sharks in the Atlantic Ocean. It was a long time coming, but these regulations, in combination with the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act and the 1997 ban on killing … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Stan!

Posted on 5 April 2023 by Ret Talbot

Today is Stan Waterman’s 100th birthday! For those who don’t know, Stan Waterman is a five time Emmy winning cinematographer and a pioneering giant in the world of shark diving. We mention Stan a couple times in Chasing Shadows because … Continue reading →

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Where Science and Poetry Meet

Posted on 18 February 2023 by Ret Talbot

The white shark is no myth. It is no accident or aberration. It is the result of a sequence of precise adaptations achieved over millions of years, and it has culminated in this—a near-perfect, albeit little-understood, animal swimming steadily north along the Outer Cape on a mid-September morning. Continue reading →

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