Gansbaai, South Africa Gansbaai, known as the "Great White Shark Capital of the World," offers a unique chance to cage dive ...

But some, like the tiger shark, are powerful enough to bite right ... are fierce predatory fish that patrol outer reef areas in large schools. Like many predators, they have evolved as extremely ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. This summer, we’ll look at three shark species with notorious reputations: tiger sharks, great whites and oceanic ...

But they are disasters from which the reef has always recovered. Drawn to the smell of a dead sperm whale, a ten-foot tiger shark arrives at the edge of the reef to feast on floating flesh.

Often referred to as “dustbins of the ocean” Tiger sharks are known for eating some strange things and are often thought of as mindless eating machines. But in actual fact, these sharks are ...