Shark Lab Study Becomes Center of Media Coverage

Cal State Long Beach graduate student Patrick Rex and Professor Chris Lowe of the Shark Lab, released a new study about human and juvenile white shark interaction off the coast of Southern California. The groundbreaking study was a compilation of two years of research by Rex that indicated juvenile white sharks swam in close proximity people whenever they entered the water. News stations like Good Morning America, KCBS, KABC, Fox, the Los Angeles Times, and dozens more media outlets interviewed Professor Lowe and Rex and carried the story across the country.