25 Awesome Things You Should Know For Shark Week
For the next week, it's all sharks all the time on Discovery. Yes, Shark Week is back. From August 12-16 the cable network will dedicate its programming to non-stop footage of America's favorite animal...
View ArticleShark-Obsessed Film Crew Finally Gets 'Impossible' Shot Of A Great White Attack
Until now, even the most highly-skilled wildlife cameraman have been unable to capture a Great White shark leaping straight out of the water from a bird's-eye view. A mission to get the "impossible...
View ArticleThese New Species Are Some Of The Weirdest Sharks Ever Found
A two-month fishing expedition to the Indian Ocean has turned up hundreds of strange deep-sea sharks, and several are likely new to science.At least eight new species could be among the fishy haul,...
View ArticleSharks Have Some Of The Coolest Superpowers In The Animal Kingdom
All this talk about Shark Week has us interested in these prehistoric destroyers, so we decided to see what exactly makes these killers so intriguing.With some help from Professor Mahmood Shivji,...
View ArticleMarine Biologist Answers All Your Burning Questions About Sharks
This week we only have one animal on the mind: sharks. Discovery Channel'sShark Week has answered many questions about the marine mammal, but it's also raised a few basic queries. For some fast...
View ArticleThese Rare Sharks Are Some Of The Weirdest Animals On Earth
When we think of sharks, the picture we pull up is often that of the tremendous great white. But these big sharks aren't the only kinds out there. Sharks come in all shapes and sizes, some of them with...
View ArticleWatch Biologists Measure The G-Force Of A Great White Shark's Strike
Is a Great White shark's strike strong enough to kill a seal on impact?Biologists attempt to find out by measuring the power of a shark attack as part of the Discovery Channel's "Air Jaws Apocalypse"...
View ArticleHere's How VW Turned The Beetle Into An Underwater Shark Cage For Shark Week
Of course VW turned a Beetle into a shark cage that drives on the ocean floor for the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.Deutsch and MediaCom built this recognizable, subterranean shark cage as a promotion...
View ArticleVW Turned A Beetle Into An Underwater 'Flying' Shark Cage For Shark Week
Discovery Channel's Shark Week might be bad news for seals, but it means great things for Beetles.Last year, Volkswagen and Discovery transformed a Beetle into an underwater shark cage. Now the...
View Article5 Photos That Will Get You Unbelievably Excited For Shark Week
Shark Week!Discovery Channel's wildly popular television series about one of the oceans' most powerful predators returns on Sunday, August 4, for its 26th season.You can check out this year's episode...
View ArticleOne Woman's Horrifying Shark Attack Captured On Rare Home Video
Heather Boswell was only a teenager when she lost her leg to a shark. That was in 1994. And it was all recorded on home video. Boswell's harrowing shark-survival story, and others who suffered a...
View Article5 Reasons To Get Even More Pumped For Shark Week
Starting Sunday, Shark Week is upon us. In its 26th year celebrating all things "Jaws"-related, Discovery Channel packs an exciting line-up of shark educational programming, survivor tales, and...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay Tried To Investigate...
New York recently became the latest state to pass legislation banning the possession and sale of shark fins, a move to protect the marine predators.Shark hunting and finning — the practice of removing...
View ArticleHow The 60-Foot-Long Ancient Shark, Megalodon, Ripped Apart Giant Whales
Discovery Channel kicked off Shark Week on Sunday with a fake documentary about the Great White shark's prehistoric ancestor, megalodon.Megalodons did at exist at one point. But the powerful ocean...
View ArticleDiscovery Channel Stands By Its Fake Documentary About A Giant Shark
Discovery Channel is standing by its fake documentary about an ancient giant shark, Megalodon. The two-hour special, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," aired on Sunday night to kick off Shark...
View Article5 Strange Facts You Didn't Know About Sharks
The Discovery Channel's Shark Week got off to a less-than-stellar start this weekend with a two-hour piece devoted to Megalodon, a prehistoric giant shark that grew up to 60 feet (18 meters) long and...
View ArticleThis Tiny Shark's Bite Looks Like It Attacked Its Victim With An Ice Cream Scoop
It's Shark Week, so we wanted to tell you about some of our favorite sharks.My favorite is the cat-sized shark in the picture above — it doesn't look that intimidating, but its bite is quite...
View Article70% Of People Still Believe Megalodon Exists After Watching Discovery...
Does Megalodon still exist? 71% of people think so after watching Discovery Channel's fake documentary about the massive prehistoric shark."YES! The evidence for Megalodon can't be ignored. This...
View ArticleA Great White Shark's Tooth Looks Like A Peanut Compared To Megalodon's
Megalodon was a humongous prehistoric shark that was 10 times bigger than a Tyrannosaurus rex and ate whales.The marine beast first terrorized our oceans around 17 million years ago, according to a...
View ArticleThe Discovery Channel Is Really Upset About That Dead Shark On A New York Subway
When a dead shark was discovered in a New York City subway train Wednesday, some were quick to cry "marketing stunt." "Looks like a good promo for Shark Week on the Discover Channel,"MTA spokesman...
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