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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Today is the first day of summer. Today, not so coincidentally, was the day that "Jaws" was released into theaters 50 years ago, on June 20, 1975.

Today is the first day of summer. Today, not so coincidentally, was the day that "Jaws" was released into theaters 50 years ago, on June 20, 1975.

Steven Spielberg's first blockbuster, "Jaws," also risked being his final film as chaos reigned. But 50 years on, the shark ...

White sharks suffered great declines after the Jaws movie was released. But these iconic predators must be protected.

The 2.2-meter (7.2-foot) female white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was caught off the town of Margate in KwaZulu-Natal province on May 30, on a baited fishing line used by the KZN Sharks Board ...

The enduring summer blockbuster didn’t just make people scared to go in the water—it also popularized some great slang terms.