“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California hit a scary shark-related record in 2025, according to data provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

When I was a little boy growing up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, the only sharks I ever saw were at the aquarium or on my TV. These early images helped inspire me to become a shark ...

Our collective fear of sharks is so great there's a word for it: galeophobia. A combination of the Greek words for shark, "galeos," and fear, "phobos," the condition can induce feelings of anxiety, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A surfer had a close call, Monday morning, with a shark in Northern California. The “attack,” as many are calling it, occurred at ...

The movie version of megalodon is back in a new sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, indicating that this ancient megafauna’s charisma is still a major draw for audiences raised on “Shark Week.” But what’s the ...

On a sunny summer day on a sandy Cape Cod beach barely nibbled by the lollygagging wavelets of August, the mere word can trigger panic among beachgoers. And it's not just beachgoers: 51 percent of ...

Everyone knows sharks have a reputation for being intimidating, their bites can be fatal and some can grow to be massively large. But there’s probably plenty about sharks you don’t know. In fact, ...