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!

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 ...

-- Shark bodies are made of cartilage (not bone) - a strong, flexible tissue. (You have cartilage in your nose and ears.) -- Sharks date back more than 400 million years - a lot longer than dinosaurs ...

Sharks have always fascinated me. I find them to be one of the most intriguing animals in the animal kingdom. When I'm not in the ocean, that is. When I am swimming along in the great blue sea, I hope ...

Shark week begins this Sunday, July 23, and runs through Saturday, July 29, 2023. We asked our resident shark expert and host of "Finding Adventure," Kinga Philipps to share some of her favorite shark ...

The movie Jaws was first released 50 years ago in the summer of 1975. In the film, a vicious shark terrorizes a New England town by snatching swimmers from the ocean. Although the town's mayor ...

“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 ...

July 14 is Shark Awareness Day — the perfect time to learn about these undersea creatures. Those looking to be immersed in exciting knowledge about sharks are in luck. Nat Geo is in the midst of ...