All manner of summer movies have had no bones about destroying cities for a mere plot point. Yet for all its terror, “Jaws” features only a handful of deaths. All of its drama is human-scaled.

They discover a successful system of spotters and warnings to keep swimmers, surfers, and sharks safe. Bertie and his team, ...

Our human senses have evolved over millions of years to detect information important to our survival. Through a sense of ...

The largest kind of shark is called the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 60-feet long, the Smithsonian Institute said. Whale sharks feed on planktonic organisms including krill, ...

"Dold is a an 11 foot 2 inch -long male white shark weighing approximately 760 pounds. He was tagged off the coast of Florida ...

Fifty years ago, a great white shark terrorized the residents of Amity Island in "Jaws," Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece about ...

Whether it’s a result of widespread media, iconic films, or viral videos, people have always had a healthy fear of shark ...

Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) is commonly regarded as the first modern blockbuster, but underlying its tense shark-hunting story is a rich examination of human denial.

The film’s release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped to turn the tide ...

A 13-foot 9-inch shark has been spotted off the coast of North Carolina after swimming nearly 1,900 miles since January.

Jaws' scared us stiff. Science is setting the record straight. What 50 years of research reveals about the ocean's most misunderstood apex predator.