The movie Jaws was first released 50 years ago in the summer of 1975. In the film, a vicious shark terrorizes a New England town by snatching swimmers from the ocean. Although the town's mayor ...

Did you know there are more than 500 shark species? Most people are only familiar with a few specific species, such as great whites, but the vast majority of sharks aren’t that large, nor are they all ...

A great white shark named Contender is the largest male ever tagged by the research group OCEARCH. Contender was tagged off the Georgia-Florida border and has since traveled over 3,200 miles. The ...

To read Monster sharks have returned to the Jersey Shore. Is it a nightmare or a new golden age?, click here. Peter Benchley thought he had one last shot. So the aspiring novelist from a family of ...

A 12-foot, 1,000-pound great white shark recently tagged by OCEARCH scientists pinged repeatedly off the SW Florida coast.

Jimmy Kneipp caught a record-breaking 759-pound great white shark off the New Jersey coast in 1988. The catch took place during a fishing tournament and involved a four-hour struggle. Great white ...

A great white shark named Contender was recently tracked off the coast of Atlantic City. At 1,653 pounds, Contender is the largest male great white shark ever tagged by the research group OCEARCH. The ...

Phones with the Sharktivity app were buzzing on the regular for the first time this season on Tuesday. Shark alerts were coming in often during the afternoon, as people reported that they saw great ...