A malfunctioning mechanical shark forced then-26-year-old director Steven Spielberg to tease audiences with glimpses of a ...

Great White Sharks are flocking to the waters that served as the setting of 'Jaws,' with sightings spiking along the northern ...

Fifty years since the release of “Jaws," this look back at the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks explores how a string of real-life deaths helped inspire the novel and film that redefined the ...

But if you read any account of those shark attacks you might question the author's remarks. In the summer of 1916, swimming in the ocean was still a new idea, Michael Capuzzo explains in his book ...

Peter Benchley says his "Jaws" book (and by extension the "Jaws" movie) wasn't based on the 1916 shark attacks, but there are many similarities.

"Jaws" is 50 years old this week. In 1975, it launched the career of director Steven Spielberg and introduced the concept of the summer blockbuster. Hear Tom Shales' original review for NPR.