Sharks have an excellent sense of smell, but bleeding from a mile away isn't exactly enough to trigger bloodlust.

Sharks are famous for being dangerous hunters, but their story is not limited to that. These creatures have been around for over 400 million years, and their survival depends on strange, smart, and ...

“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 ...

Scientists may have been getting shark ages wrong. A new study uses chemical signals in bones to track age more accurately.

The most persistent shark myth floating around is that these predators can detect a single drop of blood from several miles away. This frightening tale has terrified swimmers for decades, but science ...

Combining lasers and sharks may sound like a bad idea, but marine ecologists are banking on it to help save some of the ...

The coastal waters around Cape Town, South Africa, have long teemed with great white sharks. But about 10 years ago carcasses of these feared predators began washing up on beaches with their livers ...

Sharks in coastal waters may conjure up fearsome images of “Jaws,” but SeaWorld San Diego is about to debut a reimagined underwater attraction that the marine park hopes will dispel myths about the ...

An endurance athlete is hoping to change minds about sharks by swimming around Martha's Vineyard, just in time for the 50th anniversary of "Jaws." British-South African swimmer Lewis Pugh was the ...