Gavin Naylor of CofC and the Medical University of South Carolina, along with several of his colleagues, is studying a River Shark that lives in the shallow, muddy rivers from Asia to the South Pacific. Once thought there were three different speices, Naylor has now confirmed that in fact they are all the same family of sharks called Glyphis. You can read more about his studies here: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/10/14/scientists-go-in-search-elusive-river-shark.html
Vanessa Bezy has conducted extensive research on sea turtles, spending much time doing so in Costa Rica. While at Grice, she worked with Graduate Program Director, Craig Plante, starting in Fall of 2011 and graduating in Spring of 2014. Below you can read her original journal article from PLOS ONE based on her Masters thesis research , as well as a summary article that she wrote summarizing the study. Vanessa is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her thesis there will be investigating the sensory and behavioral cues associated with the mass nesting behavior in Olive Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Ostional, Costa Rica. For more information about Vanessa, please visit her personal website (http://www.vanessabezy.com/Vanessa_Bezy/Home.html) or LinkedIn profile (www.linkedin.com/in/vanessabezy)
Article: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0118579
Summary: http://theconversation.com/baby-sea-turtles-starved-of-oxygen-by-beach-microbes-38015