The Greenland shark is the world’s longest living vertebrate. It can live for 400 years— twice the age of the longest-living ...

Moving at a speed of around two miles per hour, basking sharks can filter around 2,000 tons of seawater an hour. Unlike the ...

SHARKS UP CLOSE kicks off SHARKFEST beginning July 5 at 8/7c on National Geographic. Select series and specials will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Additionally, shark-infested content ...

NatGeo SharkFest on National Geographic started in 2012, and is currently airing with over 25 hours of shark-related programming on Nat Geo, Disney+, and Hulu.

To celebrate SharkFest, National Geographic Explorers Dr. Shireen Rahimi and Dr. Catherine Macdonald team up to share how sharks thrive in shallow water ecosystems.

NatGeo has an inside look at programs helping the threatened species, including a program that reintroduces baby sharks back into the ocean.

Check out the official trailer for Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory before tuning into the new National Geographic series tonight at 8pm ET.

National Geographic's "Sharkfest" returns for its wildest season yet, kicking off with "Sharks Up Close" on July 5 and premiering "Jaws @ 50" July 10!

In an unprecedented effort, 15 aquariums from around the world are teaming up to raise endangered baby zebra sharks and reintroduce them into the wild, where populations have nearly gone extinct.