Wildlife

Five Things You Can Learn From Watching Mysterious Planet

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Behind the Scenes: Pig vs Shark

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Canada's Wildlife is in Hot Water

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Uncharacteristically hot temperatures in Canada and the Pacific Northwest have left people searching for relief. But what about the wildlife? It is only getting warmer, and that has caused irreversible damage and tragic demise to over 1 billion sea creatures.

We’re Weighing In On The Heaviest Competition of the Season: Fat Bear Week

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All the bear booties of the world, unite for Fat Bear Week.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The First Prescription Video Game, Solving the Mystery of Short-Term Memory, and Hummingbirds’ Extraordinary Vision

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Learn about the first physical evidence that shows how our brains store short-term memory; EndeavorRx, the first ever prescription video game; and why hummingbirds can see colors that you can’t.

Nature is Fly | Dolphin Rescue

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Join Luke Tipple and his family as they venture to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to learn about its conservation efforts and meet the playful, rescued dolphins that inhabit it.

Orcas Earn Their Killer Nickname in Brutal Attacks on Sharks

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Six sharks washed up on a beach a few hours away from Cape Town, South Africa. As reported to Newsweek, these great white sharks were found dead, but the remains were meticulously torn apart. So what happened?

Yellowstone’s Oldest Bear was a Whopping 34 Years Old

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The oldest grizzly thought to have roamed the Yellowstone region was identified as being a whopping 34 years old, after biologists spotted a mark on his lip made in 1989.

Meet the Deep Sea Sharks that Glow in the Dark

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The largest bioluminescent creature on land or sea was found in the ocean near New Zealand.

Zen and the Art of Shark Diving

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Go swimming with the sharks. From the pages of The Explorers Journal, learn how photographer Amos Nachoum finds zen to capture the ultimate apex predator on camera.

New Canadian Law is Great News for Mako Sharks

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Canada has become the first North Atlantic country to put a longstanding recommendation from conservation scientists to protect Mako sharks into law.

Working Together to Save Hawaii's Turtles

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Some of Hawaii’s tourism operators, hotel and scientists are using the visitors as an opportunity to help with the turtle revival.

Georgia Aquarium Welcomes Beluga Whale Calf

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The calf was born Sunday, May 17th to a 20-year-old adult beluga named Whisper, who has lived at Georgia Aquarium since early 2019. For more details, watch WHISPER GIVES BIRTH on Animal Planet GO.

London’s River Thames Has Risen From the Dead

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Now teeming with life, this once ‘biologically dead’ river is home to sharks, porpoises, and seals.

Saving Green Sea Turtles

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Learn how some of Hawaii's tourism operators, hotel and scientists are using the visitors as an opportunity to help with the turtle revival.

Shark Week: The Podcast – The Life and Life Cycle of Sharks

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Dive in with marine biologist and shark expert Luke Tipple as he discusses the evolution and life cycle of a shark from mating and birthing.

Behind the Scenes with Shark Week’s Tiger Queen

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Kinga Philipps, diver and filmmaker, talks close encounters, free diving with tiger sharks and the evolution of women in exploration. Stream TIGER QUEEN and more exclusive Shark Week content now on discovery+.

Behind the Scenes: Mystery of the Black Demon Shark

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