To draw sharks to the drum line, each of the floats had a small metal cage to hold chunks of fish that would release odorants. A much larger piece—either a head or cross-section of the trunk of a roughly foot-long fish—was set on the hook.

Discovery Channel's 37th annual Shark Week that began July 20. To celebrate, Here are some facts about these incredible animals.

Brendan Talwar of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography teams with marine biologist Chris Malinowski to capture the title and $50,000 for nonprofits

"Great White North Invasion" (8:00 pm ET/PT) : Great white sharks have found a new home off the shores of Nova Scotia, Canada. With the waters now frothing with great whites, interactions with humans are on the rise. A team of scientists tracks down and tags the biggest sharks to uncover the sharkiest locations before there's a fatal attack.

The great white shark faces off against the Nile crocodile in a CGI fight to the death in the Shark Week special, "Jaws vs. Mega Croc."

In the summer of 1975, a prankster or pranksters pulled off a great white shark hoax at a private Jersey Shore beach in today's Toms River.

It's officially Shark Week, so it's only fitting that a great white was spotted on the East Coast. That being said, it wasn't just any great white shark. Back in January, research group OCEARCH tagged a great white shark that's nearly 14 feet long.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Shark Week! The ever-popular weeklong programming event on the Discovery Channel has been delighting shark enthusiasts now for 37 years. Twenty new original programs will be premiering from July 20 to July 26 ...