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

Seven miles off the Massachusetts coast, Martha’s Vineyard is one of the purest examples of set-jetting, the travel trend ...

When Walter Maxwell hooked into a giant tiger shark from a South Carolina pier in 1964, onlookers were sure he'd lose the ...

The Definitive Inside Story is an insightful documentary that tells the full journey of making Steven Spielberg's horror ...

Before shark science got high-tech, WHOI helped blow up the shark in ‘Jaws.’ Fifty years later, WHOI researchers are changing ...

A local fisherman captured a video of a 16- to 18-foot great white shark while fishing off the coast of La Jolla, sparking ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

For outdoor enthusiasts, the La Crosse River State Trail and numerous nearby state parks offer excellent opportunities for ...

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches and families are planning beach time, some people on Long Island have lingering ...

A: Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired ...

What did you do last weekend? Did you celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” with the thousands of tourists who visited the ...

Two beachgoers were bitten by sharks on Hilton Head Island, S.C., within a week, according to local officials.