“The Jaws Effect” is what scientists call people’s irrational fear of sharks based on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit summer movie, “Jaws.” The great white shark in the movie was so terrifying that it ...

The movie Jaws was first released 50 years ago in the summer of 1975. In the film, a vicious shark terrorizes a New England town by snatching swimmers from the ocean. Although the town's mayor ...

Whether they're terrified or in awe, people are fascinated with sharks. The marine predators, both dangerous and beautiful, are essential to marine environments, according to the National Oceanic and ...

A 7-1/2 foot great white shark was caught on video by Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists off the Florida coast. It was a "rare but thrilling sighting" for FWC scientists, the video's narrator says.

Trees first appeared on Earth during the Devonian period, around 385 million years ago, and dinosaurs about 100 million years later, between 250 to 200 million years ago. But you might be surprised to ...

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear. And he showed them, pearly white, exactly 50 years ago this June − when the movie "Jaws" made its sensational splash. Remember the screams in the theater as ...

A 12-foot, 1,009-pound great white shark has surfaced off the Southwest Florida coast 22 times since Nov. 18, 2025.

1. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws was the movie that put director Steven Spielberg on the map. 2. JAWS was the first horror movie to become the highest-grossing film of all ...

FWC biologists captured video of a 7 1/2-foot great white shark off Florida's coast. The juvenile shark, estimated to be 13 years old, was filmed during a routine fish survey. Great white sharks are ...

Sharks are vital to many marine ecosystems despite being often viewed as dangerous predators. Florida leads in shark-bites, but shark-related fatalities are statistically rare. Over 300 shark species ...