Where they live: In every ocean around the globe. How long they've been around: 450 million years. How big they are: Smaller than a human hand to the size of a school bus. Long portrayed in pop ...

July 14 is Shark Awareness Day, and Nat Geo's ongoing SharkFest has plenty of shows to honor the day Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

National Geographic has partnered with Minorities in Shark Sciences Shark (MISS) for SharkFest, to encourage diversity and inclusion in the shark sciences field Sharks have been swimming through Earth ...

The ocean has a definite top predator. Sharks dominate discussions, in part due to their fearsome hunting abilities, and in ...

If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their variety, thereby threatening ...

Sweet relief. Summer is here, and people around the nation can start enjoying the oceanside beaches they’ve been dreaming about all year long. Warm weather. Ice cream. Hot sand. Cool water. Time spent ...

To kick it off, here are 17 fun facts about sharks: 1.The goblin shark has the fastest fish jaws in the ocean. It's the only shark with jaws that extend forward — at the speed of 10 feet per second!

Photo/Eric DiFebbo PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- While there might not be any Sharknadoes in the forecast, it is Shark Week. Whether you are watching documentaries on television or visiting the Shark Week ...

It’s Shark Week, and the Discovery Channel have already jumped the shark with a fake documentary, asking if a giant prehistoric shark Megalodon is actually still alive. It’s not, and the show was ...

Sharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger threat to sharks than sharks are to us. The 35th official Shark Week takes place from ...