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 ...

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 ...

A little boy out on a boogie board in the crystal green and blue California water is being tracked by a massive great white ...

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 ...

Animals are bioindicators, reflecting the state of the world around them. Birds are often early indicators of storms, while ...