Fisherman Loses His Record for 805-pound Shark on a Technicality
The technicality is that he ate it.
Shark Takes a Florida Kayaker on a Two Hour Joyride
A Florida man hoping for a leisurely day of fishing in his kayak got the ride of his life on Sunday when he accidentally hooked an eleven-foot hammerhead shark.
GoPro-Clad Diver Narrowly Escapes Shark Attack
A scuba diver caught his near brush with death on film when a shark tried to attack him as he swam in a reef in the western Caribbean Sea.
Shark Attack Victim Stabs Shark, Stitches Himself Up, Goes for Beer
On Saturday, a man successfully fought off a large shark, stabbing it with his knife, but not before he suffered a deep bite to his leg. Then he did what anyone would do: He swam to shore, stitched himself up, and had a beer at bar before finally going to the hospital.
One quarter of the world's shark and ray species are in danger of going extinct in the next two decades. Mega congrats to humans for helping to defeat these killers!
Mom Accidentally Snaps Photo of Son's Close Encounter with a Shark
A California mom thought the photo she snapped of her son and his friend sitting on surfboards with a breaking wave at their backs was a normal amount of cool — until she noticed the two boys were being photobombed by a shark.
Science Watch: The Sharks of Mystery
Asteroid tails! Clean bacteria! Dinosaur gore! See-thru snails! Desert farming! Traffic math! Moon craters! And toothy fish that can't be killed! It's your Thursday Science Watch, where we watch science—with rancor!
We should have seen this coming. Scientists have caught a new walking shark species on video. We're all going to die at their rubbery fins one day.
How Did This Shark End Up on a New York Subway Train?
It's like one of those riddles, except real and very sad.
Here's a Good Ramble About Whale Sharks by Tara Reid
Because of SharkNado, people have been paying more attention to Tara Reid lately, and because of that, she is having a great time. Tonight, she appeared on Shark After Dark, a live show that is new to the Discovery Channel's Shark Week lineup, which now exists solely to mock you and your childhood dreams of…
With 4.8 million total viewers, last night's Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives became the highest rated, most-watched Shark Week broadcast of all time. If you chum, they will come, and if you make shit up entirely, they will come hard.
Shark Week Opens With Fake Megalodon Documentary
Above is the too-fast-to-read disclaimer that flashed onscreen during the final moments of Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives, the two-hour mockumentary that opened the Discovery Channel's 26th Shark Week last night. The full text reads:
That Shark Hunters Show Is Pretty Fucked Up
First, a word on bias: A show that celebrates and glamorizes the sport fishing of threatened animals like sharks makes chum out of my bleeding heart.
'Photo of the Year' Shows Fisherman Fighting His Way Out of a Shark
A dramatic trophy shot dubbed "photo of the year" by an Australian radio station shows a rural Victoria fisherman fighting his way out of large shark, SyFy-style.
Here Is SharkNado's Iconic Shark-Versus-Chainsaw Scene
In case the title didn't tip you off, let me tell you that last night's SyFy original movie SharkNado was a perfect storm. Not only were there sharks in a tornado, but this squirtable-cheese pile of absurdity arrives at a moment that audiences are particularly receptive to shlock (via communal entertainment like…
A supersized storm sucks sharks from the ocean & hurls them onto land in SHARKNADO. This epic Syfy movie premieres Thurs, July 11, at 9pm.
Tourists Forced to Swim in Ocean for 14 Hours After Fishing Boat Sinks
For those of us with a reasonable fear of the ocean, this is a worst case scenario: Last week, Dan Suski, 30, and his sister Kate Suski, 39, chartered a fishing boat in St. Lucia. Things were going fine, despite the rough seas, and the siblings even managed to hook a 200-pound marlin. They were battling the giant fish…
Hero Grandpa Who Fought Off Shark to Save Children Fired from Job at Children's Charity
The Welsh Sexagenarian who made international headlines after he was caught on camera using his bare hands to drag a 6-foot dusky shark away from children bathing in the ocean off Australia's Sunshine Coast revealed this week that he had been fired from his job at a children's charity after his bosses saw footage of…
A great white shark is swimming around right off Long Island. Please, no paparazzi.
Woman Uses "Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Punch" To Escape Shark Attack
A woman in Hawaii was swimming off the coast of Maui when a 12-foot-tiger shark attacked her. Despite finding herself in literally the most terrifying situation imaginable, the woman, who has a black belt in tae kwon do, kept cool and preemptively attacked the hellish sea beast with a punch to its nose.
