The lab-in-a-backpack busting illegal shark fins: Interview with Diego Cardeñosa
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Diego Cardeñosa always knew he wanted to study sharks. But when he started his Ph.D., he had to make a choice: tagging sharks in the field — the “fun,” typically more-sought-after path — or studying their DNA in a lab. “I went for maybe not the most attractive in the sense of field trips, because […]