Wildlife

Shark Encounter

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A shark stalks a group of survivalists as they swim around Palawan Island in the Philippines.

Shark Week: The Podcast – The Epic Battles Between Swordfish and Mako Sharks

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Luke Tipple chats with Joe Romeiro & Lauren Romeiro, shark experts and stars of the Shark Week special, The Dawn of the Monster Mako.

Sea Turtle Escapes the Jaws of a Shark Attack

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Sea turtles are less slow and steady than we have historically assumed. On the Ningaloo Coast of Australia, a photographer captured a heroic fight between a sea turtle and a tiger shark.

Behind the Science: Island of the Walking Sharks

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Experience Sharks with Beneath The Waves

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Shark Week: The Podcast – Zandile Ndhlovu on South African Great Whites & Creating a More Diverse Ocean

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Luke Tipple catches up with Zandile Ndhlovue, freediver and star of the Shark Week special Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites.

Tracy Morgan's Best Shark Week Quotes

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Tracy Morgan teams up with shark experts throughout the country to identify the craziest and most ferocious sharks in the ocean. Here are Tracy's best quotes on his favorite sharks and their incredible capabilities and adaptations.Stream Sharks! with Tracy Morgan on discovery+.

Sharks Eat Plants, Too!

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Ready. Set. Mako! Join the 2021 Shark Week Race with Yes.Fit

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Discovery teams up with YES.FIT for the Second Annual Shark Week Virtual Race through Maui, Hawaii. Make like a Mako, and let's go!

Extinct or Alive? A Question Nearly Impossible to Answer in the Ocean

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It’s a big world out there, and there are a lot of places to hide. This is the mentality I take when searching for lost species, a passion I have dedicated my life and career as a wildlife biologist to.

This is What is Killing Sharks

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Despite sharks sitting at the top of their food chain as an apex predator, they are an endangered species as a result of human activities.

The SHARK WEEK Blimp is Coming to a City Near You

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It's a plane, it's a bird, it's a... Shark? Starting June 24, keep your eyes on the sky for... a flying shark! The first-ever SHARK WEEK Blimp will be flying along the East coast to get fans excited for the best thing about summer.Track the SHARK WEEK Blimp's whereabouts here and share photos of your sightings on social using #SharkWeek.And get ready, Shark Week starts on July 11 on Discovery and discovery+.

The Amazing World of Sharks

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Today is Shark Awareness Day! The Explorers Club went live on Facebook to do a deep dive on the importance of sharks in our ecosystem.

Shark Week 2020 Features More Science, Stars, and Sharks Than Ever

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SHARK WEEK returns August 9 with special appearances by stars like Mike Tyson, Will Smith, and Shaquille O'Neil!Updated: July 31, 2020

The California Condor Comeback Story

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When I first moved to California in the late-1990s, the California condor was something I always remember hearing about from wildlife enthusiasts.

Great Migrations

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Brrrrr it’s getting cold out, the days are shorter and soon it’ll be winter! Fall means that more than 4 billion birds will stream overhead on their fall migration to warmer grounds down south, where they will feed and mate.

An Animal Awakens After 24,000 Years Frozen in Ice

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A tiny critter survived for thousands of years in Arctic permafrost before being revived in a lab. Scientists want to find out how.

Sharks of the Twilight Zone

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The deep-sea is largely a mystery and we’re finding that it’s a much more biodiverse place than previously thought. There are hundreds of species of sharks that live in cold, dark depths of the deep sea and have adapted to this foreign world. And Beneath the Waves (BTW) is on a mission to learn more!