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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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