Shark sightings on the east and west coasts have been on the rise as Americans flock to beaches in hopes of cooling off. In Hawaii, a tiger shark was recently spotted swimming 30 yards from the island ...

Sharks get a bad reputation for being scary, and it's a stereotype that has been perpetuated for decades thanks to movies like "Jaws." Dr. David Shiffman, a marine biologist who studies sharks at ...

There are a ton of interesting facts about marine life out there, but you’ll find some of the most fascinating tidbits in shark facts. Sharks, admittedly, have a tough rep. They’re often the aquatic ...

July 14 is Shark Awareness Day, and Nat Geo's ongoing SharkFest has plenty of shows to honor the day Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

“The Jaws Effect” is what scientists call people’s irrational fear of sharks based on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit summer movie, “Jaws.” The great white shark in the movie was so terrifying that it ...

To kick it off, here are 17 fun facts about sharks: 1.The goblin shark has the fastest fish jaws in the ocean. It's the only shark with jaws that extend forward — at the speed of 10 feet per second!

Shark sightings on the East Coast have been on the rise while Americans flock to beaches in hopes of cooling off. In Massachusetts, there have been multiple sightings within the last week at Cape Cod.

A large great white shark by the name of Breton visited Juno Beach just after midnight on Monday, July 15. Nicknamed by the OCEARCH scientists who tagged him in 2020, the shark pinged their trackers ...

1. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws was the movie that put director Steven Spielberg on the map. 2. JAWS was the first horror movie to become the highest-grossing film of all ...