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Photographing an American saltwater crocodile in the mangroves of Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Tanya's sand tiger image 'Harmony' displayed at the California Academy of Sciences
Headlining the Washington DC Dive Show
Speaking in Shanghai, China at the International Nature Travel Awards
Tanya photographs a tiger shark off the coast of Grand Bahama (photo courtesy of Pat Sinclair)
An aggregation of sand tiger sharks off the coast of North Carolina. (Photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Sand tigers have individual spot patterns that are as unique as fingerprints for humans. (Photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Tanya calibrates the lasers she uses to measure sharks (photo courtesy of NC Aquariums)
Two green laser dots are visible on the side of this sand tiger shark inside the wreck of the Aeolus at a depth of 90ft off the coast of North Carolina (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, Dr. James Sulikowski, and their team prepare to measure a massive great hammerhead shark (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Dr. James Sulikowski performs an ultrasound on a tiger shark (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
An underwater view of an ultrasound being conducted on a tiger shark (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
The team affixes a satellite tag to the dorsal fin of a pregnant tiger shark (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Tanya quickly and securely moves an sandbar shark from the holding tank so that it can be tagged and measured (photo courtesy of Coastal Carolina University)
Tanya measures the length of a sandbar shark (photo courtesy of Coastal Carolina University)
Tanya safely releases a tagged sandbar shark back into Winyah Bay (photo courtesy of Coastal Carolina University)
Dr. Dan Abel and one of his graduate students carefully remove the hook from a sandbar shark so that it can be measured, tagged, and released (photo by Tanya Griffin Houppermans)
Tanya speaking about her work in sand tiger research on the National Geographic program 'Shark Gangs'
Tanya enjoying a day working with divers from the Georgia Aquarium and NC Aquariums to study sand tiger sharks off the coast of North Carolina
Tanya's son (foreground) and husband surfacing from a dive in Bonaire