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Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they'd never seen beforeAnimal-borne cameras have revealed that the world's largest fish spends far more time feeding below the surface than scientists realized.
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How to watch 'Expedition X: Atomic Sharks' – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhereHow to watch "Expedition X: Atomic Sharks" online, as Phil Torres and Heather Amaro investigate the effects of nuclear fallout on the Marshall Islands' waters.
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How to watch 'Jurassic Sharks' online – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhereHow to watch "Jurassic Sharks" online from anywhere, with the special set to use visual effects to flesh out the fossils of ancient cartilaginous fish.
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How to watch 'Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach' – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhereHow to watch "Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach" online, as Jeff Kurr, Alison Towner and Andy Casagrande aim to capture breaching great white sharks on film.
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Never-before-seen shark that 'walks' on land discovered off Papua New GuineaDivers in Papua New Guinea recently discovered a new species of carpet shark that can traverse low-lying reefs.
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'I never thought we'd see one alive': Elusive goblin shark captured on camera for the first timeResearchers have filmed goblin sharks in the deep sea for the first time. Until now, these sharks had been seen alive only after being hauled up to the surface with fishing lines.
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First whole-genome sequence of a Greenland shark holds clues to their extreme longevityA genomic study of Greenland sharks, thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet, is hinting at the secrets to their epic lifespan and cancer resistance.
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Shark attacks in Hawaii spike in October, and scientists think they know whySharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.
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Fishers discover first-of-its-kind bright orange shark with two rare conditions in CaribbeanFishers caught a bright orange shark off Costa Rica that had albinism, alongside the species' first scientifically documented case of an extremely rare condition called xanthism.
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