The ocean is home to some of the most awe-inspiring and terrifying creatures on the planet, and sharks reign as the ultimate ...

Megalodons have been portrayed as gigantic great whites, but new research suggests they were more svelte and less agile ...

D models of sharks reveal that their body shape scales with geometric precision, supporting a core biological law across size ...

The largest kind of shark is called the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 60-feet long, the Smithsonian ...

Despite not having bones, sharks can grow pretty large. There’s the aforementioned whale shark, roughly the size of a bowling ...

Great white sharks dominate the deep in a big way. These predatory fish can grow quite large, adding to their power to take ...

When Jaws first aired, scientists didn’t know how long sharks took to reproduce, or how many offspring a white shark could ...

Although its rapacious great white shark appears only briefly on screen, Spielberg masterfully builds suspense through the interplay between what’s seen above the surface and what lurks below. Scenes ...

It's been 50 years since Steven Spielberg's movie Jaws first cast a terrifying shadow across our screens.Authors John Long ...

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

Megalodon teeth are the largest of all shark species. With teeth that can measure up to the size of a human hand, it is easy ...