In 1936, an Australian film called White Death made nary a splash. American adventure novelist Zane Grey (starring as himself) bets that he can catch a “bigger fish” than a six-foot shark displayed on ...

We hardly see the cartilaginous villain of “Jaws” before it tears through a skinny-dipper, a dog, a little boy and an overconfident fisherman. It takes nearly two hours to finally watch the great ...

In 1916, five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast left four people dead and one injured. The rare inland attacks sparked panic, beach closures, and widespread media coverage. The events helped ...

Fifty years ago, Jaws hit theaters with the force of a tsunami, and proceeded to scare the living daylights out of millions of viewers. Beach attendance plummeted in the months following the film’s ...

Despite the myths spread by movies such as Jaws, shark attacks are relatively rare. Most sharks would prefer to get on with ...

ATLANTA — "Jaws" is credited with inventing the summer blockbuster. It inspired decades of creature features and suspenseful flicks. It kickstarted a whole subgenre of shark-centric horror. It also ...