User Information
You are not logged in
Become a member
Log in
Discovery Shed
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Home & Health
Animal Planet
Discovery
Channels:
Discovery Channel
Search
Site Search
Search
Home
Discovery on Facebook
Discovery on YouTube
On TV
Daily
Weekly
Find us on TV
TV Shows
Wheeler Dealers
My Shocking Story
Deadliest Catch
Chop Shop 2
World War II
London Ink
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor
Mythbusters
Future Weapons
American Chopper
Whale Wars
Video
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor
MythBusters
My Shocking Story
London Ink
Chop Shop
Deadliest Catch
Whale Wars
Time Warp
Future Weapons
Wheeler Dealers
Photos
Games
Whizzball
Helium 3
Cannon Challenge
Combat Range
Storm Chasers
More Single Player Games
Multiplayer Games
Downloads
Explore
Turbo
Adventure
Natural World
Crime
History
Mysteries
People
Science and Technology
Animals
News
Blogs
Space Blog
Turbo Blog
Treehugger Blog
Forums
A-Z
Send Feedback
Sharks Home
Shark Weekend
What is a Shark?
Section 1.1
Section 1.2
Section 1.3
Section 1.4
Section 1.5
Section 1.6
Section 1.7
Section 1.8
Section 1.9
Section 1.10
Section 1.11
Section 1.12
Section 1.13
Section 1.14
Section 1.15
Shark Evolution
Section 2.1
Section 2.2
Section 2.3
Section 2.4
Section 2.5
Section 2.6
Section 2.7
Section 2.8
Section 2.9
Section 2.10
Section 2.11
Section 2.12
Section 2.13
Section 2.14
Section 2.15
The Orders
Section 3.1
Section 3.2
Section 3.3
Section 3.4
Section 3.5
Section 3.6
Section 3.7
Section 3.8
Section 3.9
Section 3.10
Section 3.11
Section 3.12
Section 3.13
Section 3.14
Section 3.15
Shark Reproduction
Section 4.1
Section 4.2
Section 4.3
Section 4.4
Section 4.5
Section 4.6
Section 4.7
Section 4.8
Section 4.9
Section 4.10
Section 4.11
Section 4.12
Section 4.13
Section 4.14
Section 4.15
Sharks in Detail
Lesser-Spotted Dogfish
Bull Shark
Smooth Hammerhead Shark
Blue Shark
Tiger Shark
Great White Shark
Mako Shark
Basking Shark
Megamouth Shark
Nurse Shark
Whale Shark
Pacific Angelshark
Spined Pygmy Shark
Sixgill Sawshark
Broadnose Sevengill Shark
Where Do They Live?
Habitat
Migration
Section 6.3
Section 6.4
Section 6.5
Section 6.6
Section 6.7
Section 6.8
Section 6.9
Section 6.10
Section 6.11
Section 6.12
Section 6.13
Section 6.14
Section 6.15
What Do Sharks Eat?
Diet
How Do They Eat?
Shark Sense
Section 7.4
Section 7.5
Section 7.6
Section 7.7
Section 7.8
Section 7.9
Section 7.10
Section 7.11
Section 7.12
Section 7.13
Section 7.14
Section 7.15
Sharks in Danger
Overfishing
Finning
Bycatch
Shark Products
Section 8.5
Section 8.6
Section 8.7
Section 8.8
Section 8.9
Section 8.10
Section 8.11
Section 8.12
Section 8.13
Section 8.14
Section 8.15
Myths & Reality
Movies
Selachophobia
Shark Attacks
Section 9.4
Section 9.5
Section 9.6
Section 9.7
Section 9.8
Section 9.9
Section 9.10
Section 9.11
Section 9.12
Section 9.13
Section 9.14
Section 9.15
Section 11.1
Section 11.2
Section 11.3
Section 11.4
Section 11.5
Section 11.6
Section 11.7
Section 11.8
Section 11.9
Section 11.10
Section 11.11
Section 11.12
Section 11.13
Section 11.14
Section 11.15
Play: Shark Alley
Section 12.1
Section 12.2
Section 12.3
Section 12.4
Section 12.5
Section 12.6
Section 12.7
Section 12.8
Section 12.9
Section 12.10
Section 12.11
Section 12.12
Section 12.13
Section 12.14
Section 12.15
Play: Ring of Death
Section 13.1
Section 13.2
Section 13.3
Section 13.4
Section 13.5
Section 13.6
Section 13.7
Section 13.8
Section 13.9
Section 13.10
Section 13.11
Section 13.12
Section 13.13
Section 13.14
Section 13.15
Anatomy of a Shark
Section 14.1
Section 14.2
Section 14.3
Section 14.4
Section 14.5
Section 14.6
Section 14.7
Section 14.8
Section 14.9
Section 14.10
Section 14.11
Section 14.12
Section 14.13
Section 14.14
Section 14.15
Watch Shark programmes
Section 15.1
Section 15.2
Section 15.3
Section 15.4
Section 15.5
Section 15.6
Section 15.7
Section 15.8
Section 15.9
Section 15.10
Section 15.11
Section 15.12
Section 15.13
Section 15.14
Section 15.15
Back to Guide
Overfishing is dramatically reducing the worldwide shark population.
Images Copyright © Seapics.com