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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are a ton of interesting facts about marine life out there, but you’ll find some of the most fascinating tidbits in shark facts. Sharks, admittedly, have a tough rep. They’re often the aquatic ...

Shark sightings on the east and west coasts have been on the rise as Americans flock to beaches in hopes of cooling off. In Hawaii, a tiger shark was recently spotted swimming 30 yards from the island ...

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 ...

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 ...

The risk of white shark attack for individual ocean users in California has fallen strikingly, by over 91 percent, since 1950, California scientists have found. Information that empowers ocean users ...