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The truth about sharks

Mythic, mysterious and misunderstood, sharks have long been maligned as villains. But these surprisingly diverse creatures are in grave danger. We celebrate our emerging understanding of how sharks are crucial to the survival of economies, cultures and the planet

12 July 2020

  • Blue Shark at the sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, August.

    Planet of the apex: test your shark knowledge with our fin-tastic quiz

    From shark heists to seafood scams, how much do you really know about these at-risk predators?

11 July 2020

  • Great White Shark

    Power, majesty, wonder: the startling world of sharks – in pictures

  • An assortment of hand puppets, toys and costumed-humans stand in for the film’s main attraction.

    Bathtubs and Barbies: how an army of ‘finatics’ recreated Jaws at home

10 July 2020

  • Great White Shark

    Swim on sharks, nothing to see here: could fake kelp prevent attacks?

  • David Doubilet with tiger shark Bahamas

    'People want blood and gore': what we got wrong about filming sharks

9 July 2020

  • A diver is dwarfed by the 13 m long female whale shark

    The ocean’s largest mystery – why has no one seen a whale shark give birth?

    A world-first ultrasound and chance sightings of potential mating rituals could help in the urgent work to save these gentle giants from extinction

8 July 2020

  • Shark fishing in Mediterranean Turkey

    Seafood fraud: why your Mediterranean swordfish might actually be shark

  • Great white shark investigating cage diver, Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.

    Great white vanishing act: where have South Africa's famous sharks gone?

7 July 2020

  • Indonesian crew members of the Long Xing 629

    ‘Hold on, brother’: the final days of the doomed crew on the Long Xing 629

  • Indonesia's shark fishermen: 24 went out, 20 came back. What happened on the boat? - video

6 July 2020

  • Illustration of sharks

    Why we need sharks: the true nature of the ocean's 'monstrous villains'

  • Shark fin traders in Hong Kong

    Shark finning: why the ocean's most barbaric practice continues to boom

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