Instead of targeted, aggressive attacks, sharks may bite humans out of self-defense. Within the media, sharks are often seen as bloodthirsty predators. However, shark attacks are rare and, for the ...

Sharks like the great white have evolved to kill, but human beings are far more lethalJens Kuhfs via Getty Images The media have something in common with sharks: feeding frenzies. On Dec. 2, a kayak ...

When I was little, I saw a movie about shark attacks. It made me nervous to go into the water. I talked about that with my friend Nora Hickey. She’s a fish veterinarian at Washington State University.

Can taking Metro prevent shark bites? That's the contention of an ad in stations and trains throughout the region. It's part of a Metro public relations campaign to highlight the effects of climate ...

Las Barrancas, Mexico: Year after year, beach season brings accounts of harrowing shark attacks as people around the world plunge into the surf to escape summer's heat. But the reality is that these ...

With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the ...

World-first research testing a simulated 'shark vision' model on swimming patterns of humans, seals and sea-lions, confirms theories that when great white sharks bite humans, it may be a case of ...

KCRW Reports ‘Jaws’ at 50: Americans still fear sharks a half-century after blockbuster’s debut Half a century after “Jaws” sparked a fear of sharks in Americans, recent research shows humans don’t ...

In the cold, dark depths of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans swims one of the planet’s most mysterious and ancient creatures. The Greenland shark, a sluggish predator with a ghostly gray body and ...

Scientists are now eyeing tagged sharks for more than just tracking. They could be the next best climate forecasters.