“Jaws” was filmed on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts. After careful management and the designation of white sharks as a prohibited species in federal waters in 1997 and in ...

When “Jaws” premiered to an invigorated public in June 1975, most of the research on sharks focused on preventing shark attacks, Skomal said. “We knew it was big, it could swim fast and we ...

(CNN) — We hardly see the cartilaginous villain of “Jaws” before it tears through a skinny-dipper, a dog, a little boy and an overconfident fisherman. It takes nearly two hours to finally watch the ...

Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired Benchley’s novel. He has spent time fishing there with his father.

“Jaws” turns 50 this week, and its legacy of the summer movie blockbuster remains strong. The titles that have packed the most summer moviegoers into theaters since 1975 represent some of the ...

In the summer of 1975, movie audiences learned all they ever wanted to know about bloodthirsty sharks from ‘Jaws.’ We asked shark scientists to set the record straight on Hollywood’s ...

The 1975 summer blockbuster “Jaws” ignited a cultural obsession with sharks. Fifty years later, the its famed director will celebrate the movie with a NBC special.