Cristina Zenato, who has been diving off the Bahamas for 24 years, appears to enjoy a special bond with the region’s Caribbean reef sharks. The renowned course director refers to them as “my babies,” ...

When we dive into the oceans, there’s often a flicker of fear—whether it’s of drowning or encountering a shark. But shark diver Cristina Zenato has made it her life’s mission to change the way we see ...

A renowned diver who is known as a skilled 'shark whisperer' has been filmed putting her hand inside a shark's mouth to remove a fishing hook lodged in its gullet. As sharks swarm all around her and ...

This is the jaws-dropping moment a scuba diver literally holds a 10ft shark in the palm of her hand. Italian diver Cristina Zenato can clearly be seen doing what many would believe unthinkable - ...

SINGAPORE — Don’t call Cristina Zenato a “shark whisperer”. The Shark Savers ambassador and shark specialist cringes at the mention of the alias. “Oh, I hate it! I’ve been called many names, but my ...

Cristina Zenato, one of the few people in the world who have the ability to induce temporary paralysis in sharks, is in Singapore this week to promote conservation of the animals, whose global ...

AWESOME scenes of a conservationist hugging the fearsome sharks whose cause she champions have gone viral after being filmed for BBC’s Blue Planet Live. Cristina Zenato was seen by millions of ...

So move over Robert Redford and meet Italian diver Cristina Zenato, otherwise known as "the shark whisperer". Zenato has an astounding ability to lull the ocean predators into a trance-like state, so ...

Renowned diver and shark handler Cristina Zenato has appeared in a video which shows her “dancing” amongst Caribbean Reef Sharks off the coast of Grand Bahama. It shows Zenato slowly rotating amongst ...

Cristina Zenato sits on the ocean floor with 8ft sharks nestling into her knees, soothing them into a trance. For many people it is the stuff of nightmares, but these sharks are just as dear to her as ...

Seven-year-old Cristina Zenato wanted to be an underwater park ranger. “When you’re a kid, you can’t be in the water all the time — people are always telling you to get out,” she says. Life happened, ...