Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...

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

Yes, the shark population has increased. But the threat is minimal and, in truth, sharks have always been swimming around us, ...

This year "Jaws" celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its success reflects the enduring importance of our most ancient fear: ...

As Steven Spielberg’s classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact its villainous 25-foot great ...

The growing popularity of flying drones is showing us amazing aerial views of our oceans and has revealed something rather ...

I always find myself rooting for the tragic and fatalistic Quint even after he starts descending into Ahab-like madness.

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.

Oregon Zoo has welcomed 25 rare Pacific lamprey – a 400-million-year-old species native to the Pacific Northwest. The effort is part of a tribal-led initiative to restore lamprey populations above ...

The seventh iteration of the dinosaur franchise leaves viewers feeling stupider and sadder the longer it goes on.

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

Fear of the unknown has always been the other side of the urge to know. Our distant ancestors knew that something terrible ...