Wildlife

Shark Week: The Podcast - Do Scientists Need to Kill Sharks?

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Host Luke Tipple welcomes two guests to discuss how researchers can kill sharks in the name of science – and whether they need to at all. The first is Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, shark researcher and founder of Atlantic Shark Expeditions, and an expert on data-gathering in the field. He’s followed by explorer Fred Buyle, a world-record-breaking freediver whose innovative methods of shark tagging are explored. Plus, our researcher Sierra tells us about how a 50-year study changed our understanding of tiger sharks – and much of the work wasn’t even done by scientists.

Shark Week: The Podcast – Filming Sharks as a Career

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Luke Tipple catches up with cinematographer, shark expert and star of Air Jaws: Top Guns, Andy Casagrande.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Finding Lost Shark Species (w/ Forrest Galante) and the 2 Types of Nostalgia

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Forrest Galante, host of “Extinct or Alive” on Animal Planet, helps us celebrate Shark Week by explaining how we search for — and find! — lost species in the open ocean. Then, you’ll learn about the two types of nostalgia (reflective nostalgia and restorative nostalgia) and how they can influence your well-being.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains

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Learn about how birds could help us predict natural disasters; fairy tales’ old origins; and how breaks and sprains heal.

The Great Easter (Shark) Egg Hunt

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In the United States, we know that every April brings a giant bunny hiding an array of colorful eggs that vary in size, color and texture. But did you know the ocean’s got its own version?!

Shark Week: The Podcast - Why is Tagging Baby Great White Sharks So Important?

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Luke Tipple speaks with Dr. Riley Elliott, a marine biologist from New Zealand who recently tagged baby great white sharks, which are rarely seen in the wild. They talk about how climate change is affecting shark pupping grounds, why fishers are wrong to think there are “too many sharks,” and about Dr. Elliott’s Great White App, which allows users to track great white sharks in the ocean.

Robert Irwin Faces Great White Shark for First Time Ever in “Crikey! It’s Shark Week”

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Robert Irwin is taking over Shark Week with his very own show, CRIKEY! IT’S SHARK WEEK. Don't miss SHARK WEEK 2021 starting on July 11 on Discovery and discovery+.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Moral Outrage Online, Cuttlefish Memory, Sounds Have Shapes

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Learn about the dark side of likes and shares; how cuttlefish memory stays sharp in old age; and bouba and kiki shapes.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Bomb-Detected Whales & What It’s Like to Film Shark Week

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Learn how nuclear bomb detectors found a secret population of blue whales. Plus: what it takes to film sharks underwater.

Baby Sharks are in Hot Water

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Climate change impacts everything. From rising ocean levels to record-breaking wildfires, we can see the changes occurring with our own eyes. One of the most resilient species of all time is the shark. Warming waters are challenging their ability to adapt, and one of the signs of the times is smaller baby sharks that are having a hard time surviving.

Shark Week: The Podcast – This Haunted Oil Rig is Home to Dozens of Shark Species

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Luke Tipple chats with the shark experts in the Shark Week special, The Haunting of Shark Tower, Kori Burkhardt & Dr. James Sulikowski.

Shark Week: The Podcast - How Did a Shark Encounter Survivor Become an Advocate for Their Protection?

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Shark Week’s Luke Tipple welcomes professional photographer Mike Coots, who lost his leg to a tiger shark attack when he was only 18. But after his horrific injury, he came to love sharks, and became a lifelong advocate for their safety. Luke and Mike discuss his career, his love for photographing sharks, and how to positively approach the big life-changing moments that can happen to any of us.

Jeff and Lauren Lowe are Permanently Banned from Exhibiting Animals

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This comes after the documentary stars and self-proclaimed rivals of Carole Baskin were accused of animal abuse and neglect.Stream Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight on discovery+.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses for Science

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Learn about why your next relationship will probably be like your last one; what scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth; and what researchers learned when they had cuttlefish wear 3-D glasses.

Shark Week: The Podcast - Did Alien Tech Crash-Land into the Ocean?

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Host Luke Tipple is joined this week by renowned Harvard professor, Dr. Avi Loeb, who recently led a deep-sea expedition to discover if evidence for advanced alien life crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014. They discuss the recent Congressional UFO hearings, how the last seventy years of research into extraterrestrial life has been potentially misguided, and the challenges of searching for tiny objects on the bottom of the ocean.

Shark Week: The Podcast - How Smart Are Sharks?

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The discussion turns this week to sharks’ intelligence, and how it varies among species. Host Luke Tipple is joined by Dr. Tristan Guttridge, a behavioral ecologist and veteran of Shark Week whose research has tackled the social smarts, and even personalities, of different kinds of sharks. He sheds light on why we shouldn’t just think of them as dumb fish with rows of razor-sharp teeth. And at the end, our researcher Sierra Kehoe tells us about shark hypnosis.