Ever since Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” hit theaters 50 years ago—June 20, 1975, to be exact—we’ve been afraid to go into the ...

During the Jaws era, the Carcharodon carcharias was known as the great white shark. Taxonomists had a problem with this ...

The present paper reports the first record of Stibarobdella loricata in the western Atlantic (southern Brazilian coast) and the first identified hosts, Squatina argentina, S. guggenheim, S. punctata, ...

A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries after being bitten by a shark at a beach in New South Wales, Australia. Emergency services were called to Cabarita Beach, between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, ...

Believe it or not, a shark may have taken a serious bite out of a swimmer at a popular Long Island beach this week. According ...

Fossil discoveries along Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs reveal that ancestors of the great white shark, dating back 15 million years, consumed marine mammals like dolphins and whales despite lacking the ...

Experts say a juvenile sand tiger shark likely bit a 20-year-old woman whiLe she was wading in the surf at Jones Beach State Park on Wednesday afternoon, New York State authorities said.

A 20-year-old woman was bitten while wading in the surf at Jones Beach State Park, in what experts say was likely a juvenile sand tiger shark ...

Two shark attacks have been reported at a popular U.S. beach over the past week. Summer is officially here. Temperatures on the East Coast have approached the high 90s and low 100s in many U.S. cities ...

Known scientifically as Carcharodon carcharias, these apex predators play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems by controlling the populations of seals, sea lions, and other ...

The great white shark, scientifically known as *Carcharodon carcharias*, resides in almost all coastal and offshore waters with temperatures between 12 and 24 degrees Celsius. Recognized for their ...

When Jaws first aired, scientists didn’t know how long sharks took to reproduce, or how many offspring a white shark could ...