sharks

Monster Machines: This Torpedo Keeps Social Tabs On Sharks

Sand Tiger sharks have been patrolling coastal waters worldwide for more than 250,000 years. But with only a pair of pups born every few years, this placid apex predator is succumbing to human pressures.


Win! One Of 5 Double Passes To Aussie Sharksploitation Movie: Bait 3D

What do you get when you cross director Kimble Rendall (second-unit director on the Matrix sequels and I, Robot) with the genre that gave us Snakes On A Plane and Piranha 3D? A Queensland supermarket flooded by a tsunami and infested by a bloody big shark, that’s what. The flick hits cinemas this Thursday and looks crazy over-the-top. To that end, it’s also in 3D. This one will be great to catch with a bunch of friends, and as supporters of the local film industry, Giz has five double passes to give away. And the winners are…


If A Shark Ever Tries To Eat You, Just Feed It Your Expensive Underwater Camera Rig Instead

If you’re squeamish about expensive camera gear getting destroyed, or large underwater creatures with rows of razor sharp teeth, you’ll definitely want to skip this clip. It’s kind of a PSA about the dangers of swimming with sharks, except that it probably doesn’t end how you’d except.


Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Do Your Washing Again

Etsy seller Ultramaryna has mistakenly positioned this fantastic felt shark laundry basket as being perfect for a children’s room. Because there are certainly plenty of grownups who would happily feed their dirty laundry to a great white shark every night.


Double-Ended Shark Coffee Table Oozes Great White Class

Not only is this the perfect living room accessory for putting your feet up while watching Shark Week, but both of those tooth-filled gaping jaws on this shark-themed coffee table look like they’d serve as perfect bottle openers.


Real Lasers On Real Sharks

Last week, a company called Wicked Lasers promised to attach lasers to sharks if enough people Liked the idea on Facebook. They did. It happened. It is awesome.


Laser Sharks Are Coming To An Ocean Near You

You know what future? You can keep your flying cars and ray guns and sex bots (actually, scratch those last two) because the future that 1997 promised me is finally, actually happening. That’s right — sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.


This Is How A Shark Looks Without Its Skin

This is gross, yet I can’t take my eyes away from it. It’s a shark without its skin, part of Dr Gunther von Hagens’ new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr Von Hagens’ team carefully removed his skin to show the blood system underneath.


Shark-Filled Atrium Belongs In A Supervillain’s Lair, Not A Museum

Miami recently broke ground on the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, which incorporates a planetarium, science galleries and a wildlife centre. But its most striking feature is a shark-filled aquarium with an underwater viewing window located on the atrium’s ceiling.


Expedition White Shark: Tracking The Beast Of The Deep

Great White Sharks get a bum rap. Sure they’ll blindly attack anything they think is food before swimming off in search of delicious sea lions. But who hasn’t? Instead of hating on these eating machines of the sea, how about we track them and learn about their wonderful migration.


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