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![a great white shark close up with its mouth open and teeth showing underwater](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cqcrmjAh88cgdvgrJr9ZcM-320-80.jpg)
Great whites are dining on other sharks instead of seals, researchers discover in NatGeo show
By Hannah Osborne published
The SharkFest episode delves into the diets of the famed aerial-hunting great white sharks of South Africa's Mossel Bay — and seals are barely on the menu.
![A large gray serpent-like eel with a large lump in its stomach swims through the deep ocean.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wPQropmtQUXPV9DV7WVC5b-320-80.jpg)
Watch rare footage of a shapeshifting eel with 'remarkably full tummy' swimming in the deep sea
By Harry Baker published
The slender "gulper eel" can unhinge its jaw and expand its throat, enabling it to eat squid-sized prey in a single gulp.
![Meg 2: The Trench (2023)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sZW9hLcEe4f7hpUQkqZWSY-320-80.jpg)
Meg 2: The Trench – Everything we know about the giant shark and its return to the silver screen
By Fran Ruiz published
This summer, Jason Statham is back to kick another megalodon in the face in Meg 2: The Trench. Here’s everything we know about the movie, and some fun facts about megalodon itself too.
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Record-breaking 63,300 pounds of illegal shark fins seized in Brazil
By Kiley Price published
Brazilian officials confiscated over 63,000 pounds (28,500 kilograms) of shark fins that were destined for Asian markets, according to reports.
![A school of yellow-green fish with black strips in water](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EwKrexAfPR3Bgn9h5uPCdB-320-80.jpg)
Do fish get thirsty?
By Kiley Price published
How much water a fish drinks depends on the saltiness of its surroundings.
![Up close of a whale shark with its mouth wide open and it's eye to the left looking at the camera](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QKAubQ6t3WxoC58gkeqyhb-320-80.jpg)
Watch 1st-ever footage of whale shark eating from the bottom of the ocean
By Ethan Freedman published
The world's biggest shark species usually filter feeds, passively gathering krill and other plankton while swimming through the water. But new footage shows something entirely different.
![Three pictures of the pregnant goblin shark and her pups.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ipgomx8uchBDGo7DCK2jhN-320-80.jpg)
Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups trawled up from Taiwan waters
By Sascha Pare published
Fishers who caught the deep-sea shark originally planned on selling it to a restaurant, but the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum obtained the specimen and plans on displaying it.
![Alessandro Biancardi poses with his massive catch, a 9.4-foot-long wels catfish, on the banks of the River Po.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W6Nsmq2kAYrjB7PHVxPpTf-320-80.jpeg)
Gigantic, 9.4-foot-long catfish is the largest ever caught
By Sascha Pare published
An angler caught the gigantic wels catfish in the murky waters of the River Po, in Italy, where the previous world record for the largest catfish was set just 2 months ago.
![Great White Shark near the surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KXBbZv8okSenihPUaxSQVA-320-80.jpg)
Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirms
By Ethan Freedman published
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.
![A photograph of one of the moray eel specimens whose left eye is overgrown with skin.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YzZctToJSk2CfcxxcnqPBQ-320-80.jpg)
Why are cave-dwelling eels growing skin over their left eyes? It may be evolution in action.
By Sascha Pare published
These "greedy" eels likely retreated into the gloomy depths of underwater caves in search of tasty crustaceans and are adapting to the darkness by going blind, one eye at a time.
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