"Great White North Invasion" (8:00 pm ET/PT) : Great white sharks have found a new home off the shores of Nova Scotia, Canada ...

Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week has just begun, but the television screen isn't the only place sharks can be found in ...

Weird makos filmed off the California coast in a new Shark Week show raise questions about what these sharks actually are.

A fishing-themed Instagram page on Thursday shared graphic footage showing a large mako shark savagely attacking a sea lion off Southern California. (Footage is posted below.) There was no doubt ...

Short fin mako sharks are found in tropical warm waters all over the world and they grow up to 13-feet long. The species lives up to 30 years and grows slowly. Males reach maturity at age 8, when ...

Between 1926 and today, mako sharks make up about 1% of unprovoked shark attacks in Florida. Requiem (36%), bull (16%) and blacktip (15%) sharks make up the majority of reported attacks.

ZUM TOBEL: He says blacktip sharks are becoming more common off Long Island in the summer and are just another shark species to look out for. For NPR News, I'm Yvonne zum Tobel in Boca Raton.

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“Monster Mako: Fresh Blood” broadcasts its premiere on Thursday, July 27 at 9 p.m. on Discovery Channel. It will be followed by “Shark vs. Snake: Battle of the Bites″ at 10 p.m.