In an article entitled “The Best Shark Biologists and Conservationists to Follow During Shark Week”, Scientific American has highlighted a series of shark scientists whose tweets provide the perfect science based alternative to the excesses of Discovery’s sensational Shark Week. Featuring researchers and institutions like Al Dove, Rachel Graham, Julia Baum, Bimini Biological Field Station and Neil Hammerschlag amongst others, following the members of this group on Twitter should provide a balance to the worst of the excesses.