Media Appearances
Air Jaws: Going for gold
2021, Discovery Channel, Shark Week
The team returns to Seal Rock to capture the highest breach ever recorded. Will a new shark take the title of World’s Highest Flying Great White Shark?
Official web siteAir Jaws Ultimate Breach Off
2020, Discovery Channel, Shark Week
Three teams of researchers return to one of the last hunting grounds for one of Discovery Channel’s most popular Shark Week specials — ‘Air Jaws’ 2020’s ‘Ultimate Breach-Off’. The purpose was to use decoys, drones and underwater cameras to count the breaches like the special does every year, and in the process, collect data on hunting techniques to see if the shark population is rebounding.
Team Fallows, Team Towner and Team Gennari track these thousands of Great Whites through the day and night in ‘Air Jaws’ 2020.
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Night on Earth
2019, Netflix
When the sun goes down, a new world awakes. New technology reveals the wonders of the planet in a completely new light. Across the globe we discover a hidden side to the world’s greatest landscapes and animals.
Great white sharks were thought to be daytime creatures, but in South Africa, we found them hunting seals silhouetted by the lights of a coastal town.
Official web siteAir Jaws Strikes Back
2019, Discovery Channel, Shark Week
Neil Hammershlag and Enrico Gennari use a drone-towed seal decoy to study and capture harrowing and dramatic battles between sharks and seals in the waters off South Africa.
Official web siteExpedition Unknown- The Meg
2019, Discovery Channel, Shark Week
Josh Gates travels to Mexico and South Africa in search of fossilized megalodon teeth. Alongside fellow paleontologists and shark experts, he dives into shark-infested waters to find out what happened to the mighty Meg.
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Inside Nature's Giants
2010, Channel 4, Documentary
Enrico Gennari joins Channel 4 to explore the internal workings of the Great White Shark.
The award-winning series that gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. Most wildlife documentaries show how animals behave, but by exploring their anatomy, Inside Nature’s Giants reveals how these creatures really work.
Official web siteOceans Research in the media
Since 2000, Oceans Research scientists have had their research featured extensively in numerous media forums including internet articles, television, magazines and newspapers. Below is a list of some of our highlights.