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 ...

The Jaws franchise spans four films released between 1975 and 1987. Each movie features a new deadly encounter with a great white shark. While not tightly connected, the sequels loosely follow the ...

“Jaws” is still making a splash in cinema 50 years later. National Geographic’s new documentary “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story” directed by Laurent Bouzereau gives a behind-the-scenes look at ...

I first saw “Jaws” during its theatrical debut in 1975 when I was 15. The previous year, family friends had loaned me Peter Benchley’s novel. The book and film terrified me. But I had been a ...

Public perceptions of sharks is far more mixed, and often more neutral, than Hollywood thrillers and sensational media ...