Smithsonian Channel Shark Collection

Sharks are universally feared, but also widely misunderstood and suddenly endangered. Marine biologists, shark experts, and conservationists are doing everything they can to reverse the tide of public opinion before it s too late, even if it means diving into infested waters, where sharks hold every advantage. From Australia s Great Barrier Reef to the remote shores of Africa's East Coast to the operating room of a shark autopsy, we peer under the skin and into the mind of the ocean s perfect predator. In Great White Code Red, two scientists dissect a shark to reveal the hunting secrets that drive this fearsome animal to attack. Shark Girl follows activist Madison Stewart s mission to save the creatures she loves by changing people's minds about them. Death Beach investigates an abnormal string of shark attacks off a South African coast.