🦈 Happy Shark Week! 🦈 Earlier this week, our lab shared some of our shark research during TAMU-CC's Student Research Celebration. Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate shark science and support our student researchers! 📸: #TAMUCC MARCOM #SharkWeek #MarineScience #StudentResearch

Saturday was PADI Women’s Dive Day. Today we celebrate all the women in our lab who make incredible contributions not just outside of the water, but in it too! 🤿

Conference time! 🦈🐟 Our lab is in New Orleans this week for #JMIH2026, presenting research on shark and ray ecology, movement, fisheries, and conservation. If you're attending, stop by one of our talks. We'd love to chat about our work! #MarineBiology #Elasmobranchs #TAMUCC

Our lab members have a lot of celebrating this week! Kyle and Katie have successfully defended their Master’s Theses, and Jaz unanimously passed her comprehensive exams last month. Huge congratulations are in order! 🥳 #TAMUCC

Earlier this month, PhD candidate Yamilla Samara and PhD student Cali Falkenstein shared their academic journeys with high school students during the Pathways through the Pipeline Speaker Series at the Texas State Aquarium, inspiring future scientists through outreach and advice! #tamucc #outreach

After several years of research, data collection, and countless hours on the water, we are excited to announce Kyle's M.S. thesis defense next Friday at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi: "Evaluating a Magnetic Shark Deterrent in Gulf of America Recreational Reef Fish Fisheries"

This World Oceans Day, we're celebrating all the waters that make our research possible. From bays along the Texas coast to offshore and collaborations that have taken us across the country, we're grateful for every opportunity to learn more about the animals that call these ecosystems home 🌊

🎓 Thesis Defense Announcement! MS student Katie Gheysen will defend her thesis on estuarine habitat use by bonnetheads, spinner sharks, and cownose rays along the Texas coast on June 12 at 11 AM CST. Good luck, Katie! 🦈🎉   #TAMUCC #MarineBiology #GraduateResearch #Elasmobranchs #MovementEcology

Join us on a full day of fishing for her project in Port O’Connor, TX! These long days consist of fishing and tagging for PhD candidate Yamilla’s dissertation 🎣

We have been busy in the Movement Ecology Lab! Last week, our team acoustically tagged 25 spotted seatrout, and this week Yamilla and Cali connected with 52 middle school students at TAMUCC to share our research 🎣

Today is Endangered Species Day, a reminder of the importance of protecting vulnerable wildlife and the ecosystems they depend on 🌎 🌊

This week, our divers in the lab (Dr. Coffey, Yamilla, Cali and Katie) retrieved and replaced one of our acoustic receiver stations. These stations support multiple projects in our lab, and retrieving the data requires us to perform these swaps. Great job, team!! 👏🤿 #TAMUCC #diving #research

Busy week in the Movement Ecology Lab! Katie & Cali presented at Texas Bays & Estuaries Meeting, while undergrads Macie, Madi, and Mason shared posters at TAMU-CC’s research symposium. Plus, Katie & Cali completed rescue diver training. Great work, team! 🎤🤿 #TAMUCC #Research

Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌊🌳 Today we celebrate our beautiful planet and its marine ecosystems that we are lucky to research. Whether we’re fishing miles offshore or searching for tags on land, our work is dedicated to creating a sustainable and healthy future in fisheries. Every day is Earth Day! #TAMUCC

A couple weeks ago, the Movement Ecology Lab was invited to Ella Barnes Elementary for their STEM Day. Grad students, Cali, Katie and Yamilla, spend the whole day talking to students about sharks and fish! 🦈 🎣 #TAMUCC #STEM #teaching #outreach #TexasCoast

MS student, Kyle, is currently in Panama City Beach, Florida for three months completing a NOAA Experiential Research and Training Opportunity (NERTO) with the Highly Migratory Species Branch under the mentorship of Dr. John Carlson.

Last week, PhD student Jaz attended the Texas Plastic Pollution Symposium in Galveston, Texas. This meeting brings together researchers, students, and advocates to connect about plastic pollution and its impacts on the environment 🌎♻️

Last week was busy! PhD students Jaz & Cali joined PhD candidate Yamilla fishing in Matagorda Bay for her gamefish project, while Katie presented her thesis work at TAMU-CC Science Thursdays. Thanks to #noaaresearch #nature_org #texasparkswildlife for support! #TAMUCC

Last week, our students had the privilege of scientific diving with the Texas State Aquarium. Come along with us on our dive day! 🤿🦈🐟 #tamucc

Wildlife is something that man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever - Joy Adamson Happy World Wildlife Day from our STEM family to yours! 🌎🐟🎣🦪🌱🌊🦀🦈🪼 #TAMUCC #worldwildlife #research #fish #texas

What is an invasive species? An invasive species is a non-native organism that causes (or is likely to cause) economic, environmental, or human health harm. Not all non-native species are invasive! The key difference is measurable harm.

Although International Day of Women and Girls in Science was last week, we want to take a moment to recognize the outstanding women in our lab 🔬🥼🧪 Thank you for the impact you make ✨ #WomenInSTEM #TAMUCC #internationalwomenandgirlsinscienceday #research

This week our team got out into the field to download our Aransas Bay acoustic receiver array. This data will be used by both PhD student Jaz and MS student Katie for their projects tracking the movement of flounder, sharks, and rays. Thanks to TPWD for their support! #TAMUCC

To complete our research along the Texas Coast, these are helpful skills for collecting data, analyzing it, and reporting it to the public! We have a variety of projects that require different jobs from us, so these are just a few of the ways we do that!🎣🦈🤿 #TAMUCC

Understanding marine predators’ diets helps reveal their foraging, trophic roles, niches, and habitat use. Researchers use various methods—none are perfect, but all give valuable insights 🧪🔬

2026 Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program 🦀♻️ February 20 – March 1, 2026 The Annual Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program helps reduce ghost fishing, improve water quality, and protect coastal habitats by removing lost or abandoned crab traps from Texas bays.

The Movement Ecology Lab kicked off 2026 at the TCAFS meeting in Galveston, TX! Cali & Jaz presented posters; Katie, Kimber & Kyle gave oral talks. Congrats to Yamilla & Kimber (Harry Tennison Student Scholarship) and Katie (TCAFS Student Travel Award)! 👏 #TAMUCC

Friendly reminder as flounder season in Texas is open again: if you catch a tagged fish, please report 😊 #flounder #texas #tamucc #fishresearch

Call for papers! Estuaries and Coasts special collection on estuarine connectivity & management 🌊📄 🗓 Due June 1, 2026

Biofouling: the ocean’s way of dirtying up our gear 🌊  Before deploying our acoustic receivers, we wrap parts with electrical tape to make it easier to clean off barnacles and algae later. A small step that saves time, protects equipment, and keeps our long-term monitoring running smoothly #TAMUCC