{"id":25592,"date":"2018-07-23T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=25592"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:55:59","slug":"tracking-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=25592","title":{"rendered":"Tracking sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The UNC Institute of Marine Sciences has the country\u2019s oldest, longest-running shark research program. 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