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Pyjama sharks filmed mating in a giant, otherworldly underwater forest in 1st footage of its kind
By Hannah Osborne published
"Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds" — part of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week — gives viewers an extraordinarily rare insight into how sharks mate in the wild.
'Cocaine sharks' off Florida may be feasting on dumped bales of drugs
By Hannah Osborne published
Shark Week show delves into whether sharks off the coast of Florida are coming into contact with the huge quantities of cocaine that get dumped in these waters.
Why do deep-sea fish look like aliens?
By Kiley Price published
Deep-sea fish have evolved unique traits to thrive in their unforgiving habitat.
Great white sharks are moving north. New NatGeo SharkFest show explains why
By Hannah Osborne published
The great white shark population off in the North Atlantic plummeted during the 20th century — but the species is now making a major comeback, and recolonizing its former home.
How to watch SharkFest 2023: National Geographic's month of shark-centric programming is back
By Jennifer Allen published
Nat Geo's SharkFest 2023 is making its way to your virtual shores. Our SharkFest streaming guide is here to tell you how to watch it all.
'I knew it was circling me': Man attacked by shark was waiting to die, then dolphins saved his life
By Hannah Osborne published
NatGeo Sharkfest episode focuses on stories of whales and dolphins saving people from sharks. But are they really trying to protect us?
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.
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 – 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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