The Greenland shark is the world’s longest living vertebrate. It can live for 400 years— twice the age of the longest-living land animal, the giant tortoise. There could be an individual in the ocean ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether they're terrified or in awe, people are fascinated with sharks. The marine predators, both dangerous and beautiful, are ...

July 14 is Shark Awareness Day, and Nat Geo's ongoing SharkFest has plenty of shows to honor the day Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets ...

Everyone knows sharks have a reputation for being intimidating, their bites can be fatal and some can grow to be massively large. But there’s probably plenty about sharks you don’t know. In fact, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 20-26 marks Shark Week 2025, an annual celebration that takes place on the Discovery Channel. Throughout the week, the ...

Shark scientist Kristian Parton watches the Shark Week special Dancing With Sharks and explains why he objects to how the ...

Most people think the great white shark is the ocean predator they should fear the most. However, this type of jellyfish, statistically speaking, is much deadlier. Sharks are probably the animal that ...

A survey finds most children like sharks, but older kids express more fear, raising questions about how views of these ...

Sharks are vital to many marine ecosystems despite being often viewed as dangerous predators. Florida leads in shark-bites, but shark-related fatalities are statistically rare. Over 300 shark species ...