The popular 1975 movie Jaws stirred a fear of the ocean in people who didn’t even live near a beach. It was the blueprint for ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

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, ...

While "Jaws" made people fear sharks, it's predatory humans — such as those in Mexico's shark fin trade — that sharks should ...

With a recent shark bite incident and the 50th anniversary of "Jaws" on their minds, some beachgoers are wondering, are ...

You’ve been warned, Jaws. Nassau County’s top elected official took a dip at Nickerson beach Monday to prove the waters were safe — as new anti-shark patrols were launched after one of the predators ...

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

To researchers, the animals are hardly predatory villains; most are juveniles figuring out how to hunt. Encounters such as ...

The safety measures come ahead of what is expected to be an incredibly busy week for beachgoers along the shore.

American national pride has been on a steady slowdown since 2001, when Gallup first started recording data, and analysts said ...