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Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named Mike

  • Written by David Shiffman, Post-Doctoral and Research Scholar in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named MikeHammerhead sharks schooling near Costa Rica's Cocos Island.John Voo/Flickr, CC BY

The Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week is the longest-running cable television series in history, filling screens with sharky content every summer since 1988. It causes one of the largest temporary increases in U.S. viewers’ attention to any science or...

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