Hundreds of thousands who happily swam in the ocean, unthinking, before the release of the movie "Jaws" 50 years ago this ...

Jaws' reignited existing fears of sharks. But it also inspired new generations of researchers interested in the apex ...

As the blockbuster film "Jaws" turns 50, recent shark attacks are making headlines as experts share that increased sightings ...

Based on the best-selling book by Peter Benchley, “Jaws” sparked a surge of interest in studying the ancient apex predator — ...

The ravenous shark in "Jaws" began chomping its way across movie screens 50 years ago on June 20. The film became the first summer blockbuster and made Martha’s Vineyard a tourism destination.

"It was just a dumb shark movie … until it came out"It's been 50 years, but Joe Alves vividly remembers the day he was ...

Summers have never been quite the same since June 20, 1975, and it's all thanks to a "mindless eating machine" that terrorized moviegoers and beachgoers alike. That was the day Jaws hit theatres, ...

On June 20, 1975, "Jaws" was unleashed upon moviegoers. The film was an overnight success.

But not sold on the alternatives, they went with the young hotshot. Zanuck and Brown budgeted the film at an estimated $3.5 ...

The largest kind of shark is called the whale shark, which has been known to get as large as 60-feet long, the Smithsonian Institute said. Whale sharks feed on planktonic organisms including krill, ...

From the ridiculous to the downright terrifying, these films followed in the wake of Steven Spielberg's masterpiece ...

The Cape Cod Times spoke with Jeffrey Voorhees, who played one of the "Jaws" shark victims 50 years ago. He has some fantastic stories to tell.