Let me resolve the ambiguity. The article is about a female researcher who studies sharks, not a researcher who studies female sharks. The ambiguity could have

Let me resolve the ambiguity. The article is about a female researcher who studies sharks, not a researcher who studies female sharks. The ambiguity could have been resolved as I have above -- or it could have been prevented by following the annoying practice of using "woman" as an adjective. Thanks for not doing that, Scientific American.