The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

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

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

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

Though there are many shark species in North Carolina, bites are rare, Cahoon said, noting that most shark bites occur in ...

A woman injured this week in waters off Jones Beach State Park was likely bitten by a shark, authorities said, in one of the ...

Sharks don’t exactly have the best reputation. Decades of fear-driven stories and films have made sure of that. But if you actually study them– what they do, how they survive– it becomes clear they’re ...

A woman was likely bitten by a shark while swimming at Long Island's Jones Beach earlier this week, New York State Parks ...

Other recent shark sightings on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app include an 8-foot shark spotted in ...

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

Ms. Mathoulin grew up in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, and studied fashion at École Duperré, a public college of art and ...

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