A great white shark jumps out of the water as it bites a fake decoy seal near False Bay, off Cape Town, South Africa, in this July 4, 2010 file photo. CARL DE SOUZA/Getty ...

Great white sharks were once abundant in South Africa’s False Bay and Gansbaai regions. But now, they appear to have ventured to safer waters elsewhere. Morne Hardenberg Courtesy Hakai Magazine ...

South Africa is renowned for having one of the world’s biggest populations of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Substantial declines have been observed, however, in places where the ...

In less than eight years, white sharks in South Africa have all but disappeared from their historical hotspots in False Bay and Gansbaai, on the Western Cape coast. These areas were once known as ...

They just moved. Across South Africa, the scientists found, the white-shark population has undergone a pronounced eastward shift. To Jewell, who wasn’t involved in the research, this makes sense.

The common thresher shark that washed up on Sunset Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. The shark was photographed by Alex Aitkenhead, who made the rare sighting. Alex Aitkenhead/www.alexaitkenhead.co.za ...

A recent article in African Journal of Marine Science focuses on two killer whales researchers have discovered that hunt great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. The whale pair's appetite ...

In African Shark Safari (9 p.m.), O’Connell and renowned underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande want to find out where great whites go when they migrate away from South Africa every year. As ...

A tug-of-war is brewing between the Sharks and the Lions over the services of world champion Junior Springbok Batho Hlekani.

The shark spotters have assigned names for some of their more regular visitors: Charlize, a 4.5-meter-long female named after South African actress Charlize Theron; Speedy, who dives in the waves ...