It’s that time of year when sharks are on our minds. Summer is filled with Shark Week content, viral reports of attacks, and shrieks on the beach when someone spots a fin in the water… from a dolphin.

Sharks aren’t known for being particularly relatable to humans. For most people, the image of a giant great white breaching the waves – all jaws and teeth – in pursuit of a desperately fleeing seal is ...

Your finger practically bleeds just looking at them: three rows of perfect, razor-sharp white triangles that you know are gonna hurt. They’re inside a mouth made for swallowing you whole, that’s ...

In her book “Sharks Don’t Sink,” Jasmin Graham describes what it was like to find other shark scientists like herself on Twitter. July 19, 2024 The following is an excerpt from Sharks Don’t Sink: ...

The word ultimate — defined as the best achievable or imaginable of its kind — may be one of the most clichéd descriptives around, but it fits perfectly in the title of Brian Skerry’s book on sharks ...

Rochester Institute of Technology alumna and self-described “shark whisperer” Tamra Werner shares her love for the ocean in her debut children’s book, Koli’s Birthday Adventure: Koli the Great White ...

David Shiffman’s “Why Sharks Matter” helps our critic, a surfer, see the creatures in a new, more appreciative light. By Molly Young The Marconi Wireless Station on Cape Cod is famous for being the ...

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 ...

Sharks get a bad rap in most media. On the very rare occasions when a shark attacks a human, even when there are warnings that sharks are in the area, the sharks are at fault and anti-shark campaigns ...