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!

1.In its lifetime, a shark can have up to 30,000 teeth. They are continuously being replaced and shifted within the mouth. 2.Whale sharks can live to be 100 years old. 3.Sharks are colorblind. Ken ...

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 ...

National Geographic has partnered with Minorities in Shark Sciences Shark (MISS) for SharkFest, to encourage diversity and inclusion in the shark sciences field Sharks have been swimming through Earth ...

Sharks get a bad reputation for being scary, and it's a stereotype that has been perpetuated for decades thanks to movies like "Jaws." Dr. David Shiffman, a marine biologist who studies sharks at ...

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 ...

Sharks get a bad reputation for being scary, and it's a stereotype that has been perpetuated for decades thanks to movies like "Jaws." Dr. David Shiffman, a marine biologist who studies sharks at ...

-- 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 called the Earth’s oceans home for hundreds of millions of years and adapted to thrive in harsh environments. While these top hunters of the deep blue have evolved to survive cold and dark ...

With shark attacks off the coast of Long Island, New York, at a higher number than usual this summer, one expert is helping to separate truth from fiction. Dr. Mike Heithaus, a marine ecologist and ...