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Scientists have figured out when the biggest bull sharks are most active — and it's not when official advice suggests
By Lydia Smith published
Researchers tracked more than 200 bull sharks off the coast of New South Wales to find out exactly when they were most active and posed the greatest risk to humans.

2 liver-eating orcas forced an entire population of great white sharks to flee their home waters
By Alison Kock, Matt Dicken, Alison Towner, Heather Bowlby, Toby Rogers published
Researchers have discovered that hundreds of great white sharks that vanished from their home off the Western Cape of South Africa have moved east in order to survive — but this could spell trouble for both the sharks and the people living there.

Great white sharks: The world's largest predatory fish
By Patrick Pester last updated
Great white sharks are the largest predatory fish in the world, but scientists still have much to learn about these iconic predators.

Cape Cod is one of the world's largest hotspots of great white sharks, study finds
By Kiley Price published
For the first time, scientists have estimated the abundance of great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod.

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.

'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.

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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