Ryan Johnson (marine Scientist) - Television Programs

Television Programs

Between 1998 and present Ryan has featured as a marine scientist in numerous documentaries including Naked Science (National Geographic)15, Earth Investigated (National Geographic), Animal Camera (BBC) and After the Attack (Discovery Channel). Since 2006 he has hosted Shark Tribe with Dave Salmoni (Discovery Channel)3, Sharkville (National Geographic)5,6,7,17,18 and Shark Pit Mystery (National Geographic) 24. In 2008, Ryan was a guest on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer, The O'Rielly Factor with Bill O'Reilly25, Fox and Friends, Inside Edition and Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld1.

Ryan has appeared locally on South African television in productions such as pasella23, 50/50, Carte Blanche and the Big Question debate show.

• Shark Wranglers - History Channel2

In 2012, Ryan joined the OCEARCH the controversial white shark research expeditions to South Africa as Chief Scientist. These expeditions were captured on a 10 part series called SHARK WRANGLERS for History Channel.

• Sharkville - National Geographic2

While on a study in Sharkville, a shark-infested area off Africa's coast, shark expert Ryan Johnson made the discovery of a lifetime, great whites hunting at night. For the first time on film, witness this remarkable sight

• Shark Pit Mystery - National Geographic24

The discovery of what native Mauritian diver and keen naturalist Hugues Vitry calls 'shark pits' is the origin of unanswered questions about the unusual behavior of sharks in underground caves off the coast of Mauritius. Why do dozens of sharks aggregate in these pits? Why do they act so strangely while there? In a bid to answer these questions, Hugues teams up with shark scientist Ryan Johnson. We join them as they enter the underwater world of Mauritius to explore the mysteries of 'The Shark Pit.

• Shark Tribe- Discovery Channel3

Rogue Nature's Dave Salmoni and shark scientist, Ryan Johnson, journey to the wild tribal shores of New Ireland, New Guinea, to unravel the mysterious secrets of the shark whisperers who "call" in sharks without bait and catch them by hand

• Escaping the Great White - National Geographic 24

shark shoots skyward, tackling a herd of seals, as Nat Geo expert Ryan Johnson heads to sea with researcher Alta De Vos. Join the pair as they unravel a mystery surrounding Seal Island. Explore what seals do to avoid the great whites' jaws.

• Squid vs. Whale - National Geographic3

This is the story of two marine giants - the largest toothed predator on Earth, and one of the largest of all squid. One predator. The other prey. And following them, Ryan Johnson and a team of marine biologists who want to attach a remote camera to a sperm whale to record what happens a thousand feet beneath the sea. This high seas adventure will test everything they've got. Its a mission into the deep, a mission into the unknown. A scientific quest to understand one of the great wildlife mysteries on our planet.

• Hooked: River Shark - National Geographic3

Forget the notorious Great White. Today, a different shark is making headlines with stories of sightings and attacks not in oceans but far inland: the bull shark. With its special ability to tolerate freshwater, the bull can take its jaws where virtually no other shark can go: upriver! As human populations grow and bull shark habitats shrink, where and how will people and bull sharks collide? One obsessed team -- a famed marine biologist Ryan Johnson and an expert angler - is determined to find answers and sets out to catch and explore this unique apex predator: fifty miles upriver!