The Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week is the longest-running cable television series in history, filling screens with sharky content every summer …
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Shark Week: Where shows falls short, America’s shark obsession + the Megalodon
As the Discovery Channel unleashes a week of shark programs, experts advise viewers to take what they see with a large grain of sea salt as media coverage can exaggerate risks to people and feature other shark myths. But it can be fun and educational. Here’s some stories to sink your teeth into from experts:
Every summer on the Discovery Channel, “Shark Week” inundates its eager audiences with spectacular documentary footage of sharks hunting, feeding and …
Millions of years ago, giant sharks three times larger than today’s great whites stalked the world’s ocean. They’re long gone now, but occasionally, …
Tens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving marine ecosystem on the …
If you have a toddler, or if you encountered one in the last year, you’ve almost certainly experienced the “Baby Shark” song. Somehow, every kid …
Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads? – Landon, age 10 Hammerhead sharks are the strange-looking ones. They look like someone grabbed …
Sharks used to figure prominently in my nightmares: coming after me in the ocean, rivers, swimming pools. But after spending some time with these …
Shark bite incidents are rare but traumatic. They’re usually followed by calls for mitigation strategies, some of which are dangerous or lethal to …
Why do humans have bones instead of cartilage like sharks? – Natalya N., age 12, Aliso Viejo, California First, let’s talk about the difference …
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