SHARK WEEK: BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH: Shark expert Kendyl Berna on the fastest swimming sharks – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/26/2026
SHARK WEEK : BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH | ©2026 Discovery Channel

In Discovery Channel’s SHARK WEEK, which this year runs on the network Sunday July 26 through Saturday August 1, the documentary BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH premieres Monday, July 27. Makos are believed to be the fastest-swimming shark species; they can also attain great size. Shark expert Kendyl Berna (pronounced Burr-NAY), veteran shark tagger Keith Poe, and marine biologists Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Clara Calatayud search the waters off the coasts of Southern California and Mexico for some truly enormous animals. Berna, a Southern California native, is a marine biologist and documentarian. She founded the marine conservation organization Beyond the Reef, […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Shark expert Kendyl Berna on BLACK MAKO OF THE ABYSS – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/22/2025
BLACK MAKO OF THE ABYSS key art | ©2025 Discovery Channel

Makos are believed to be the fastest species of shark. They come in two varieties, shortfin and longfin. Generally, they are blue on top and white underneath, but shark tagger Keith Poe encountered an uncommonly dark mako in the deep waters off the California coast. This discovery led to the 2025 SHARK WEEK program BLACK MAKO OF THE ABYSS, which chronicles the expedition attempting to find and perhaps get a DNA sample from the animal to analyze its unusual coloration. BLACK MAKO OF THE ABYSS premieres on SHARK WEEK Tuesday, July 22, on Discovery Channel, and is thereafter available for […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Dr. Austin Gallagher deep dives for BELLY OF THE BEAST and MONSTER MAKO – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/27/2023
BELLY OF THE BEAST | ©2023 Discovery Channel

BELLY OF THE BEAST: FEEDING FRENZY and MONSTER MAKO: FRESH BLOOD are two of the specials debuting on Discovery Channel/Discover+’s thirty-fifth annual SHARK WEEK. This year’s SHARK WEEK is hosted by AQUAMAN star Jason Momoa. BELLY OF THE BEAST premiered on Sunday, July 23, and MONSTER MAKO premieres Thursday, July 27. Both documentaries feature American marine biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher, founder and CEO of Beneath the Waves, a nonprofit conservation organization. In MONSTER MAKO, Dr. Gallagher and free diver Andre Musgrove use an acrylic diving bell, shaped something like an upside-down wine glass, to observe mako sharks and great white […]Read On »


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