Shark Week

Air Jaws programming has pushed and expanded our understanding of Great Whites sharks and has become one of the iconic SHARK WEEK programs. In AIR JAWS: COUNTDOWN TO SHARK WEEK 2013, a documentary crew goes behind the scenes to see how Air Jaws has changed what we know about these incredible creatures and to give SHARK WEEK viewers a sneak peek into the next Air Jaws special, Finding Colossus, which will air during SHARK WEEK 2014.

In the incredible two-hour special MEGALODON: THE MONSTER SHARK LIVES (WT), Discovery brings "Shark Week" viewers on a search for a massive killer Great White shark responsible for a rash of fatalities off the coast of South Africa. One controversial scientist believes that the shark responsible could be Megalodon, an 18-metre relative of the Great White that is one of the largest and most powerful predators in history. The oceans remain 95% unexplored, and this massive prehistoric predator has always been shrouded in secrecy, but after a rash of newly-discovered evidence, authorities are forced to investigate whether this predator, long thought to be extinct, could still be lurking in the deepest oceans. A crew of scientists and shark experts examine evidence and fearlessly seek answers to the many questions surrounding one of the last great ocean mysteries while creating the largest chum slick in history.

An all-new "shark cam" provides spectacular footage of Great White Sharks off the shores of Cape Cod as they shark hunt seal colonies, come close to shore in just over one metre of water, and take a chilling interest in one specific area.

Bull Sharks have moved to the bayous of Louisiana, nicknamed "Voodoo Sharks" by the local shrimp fishermen. These dominant and startling predators can live in both salt and fresh water.

For the first time, "Shark Week" uses real shark attack footage captured by eye-witnesses to examine first-hand accounts from a nurse who lost her arm in an attack while vacationing in Mexico and an Australian Navy Diver who lost an arm and a leg.

Follow a scientist on the brink of a breakthrough as he reveals the life cycle of the Great White Shark for the first time, including mating and pupping. Using state of the art tracking technology, experts will search for the elusive Great White breeding grounds, aiming to protect the area, and re-populate their numbers.

TOP 10 SHARKDOWN updates the international shark attack files for the 21st century and takes a closer look at the sharks viewers won't want to meet at the beach this summer - and the ones swimmers and surfers are most likely to encounter. From the weird - the feisty cookie cutter, which bites cookie-shaped circles out of its prey; to the macabre, like the Sand Tiger, whose cannibalistic young devour each other in the womb; to the infamous Great Whites, Tiger Sharks and Bull Sharks - TOP 10 SHARKDOWN ranks these amazing predators.

Jeff Kurr examines two fatal shark attacks near Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and tries to determine if one shark was responsible for both attacks.

Examines the trend of sharks moving in closer to shorelines and whether there is a connection between declining shark populations and the increase in shark attacks.

Follow American and Japanese scientists as they descend into the deepest and darkest unexplored oceans on Earth in search of some of the more incredible and bizarre sharks on the planet.

Abalone diving can be both lucrative and dangerous when it happens in one of the most deadly shark feeding grounds, known as the "Great White Gauntlet", off the south coast of Australia.