50 years after ‘Jaws,’ researchers have retired the man-eater . . . Hammerhead sharks can even home in on the Earth’s magnetic field to help them navigate Greenland sharks exhibit a lengthy aging process and live for hundreds of years Scientists estimated that one individual was 392 years old, give or take 120 years Still much about sharks remains mysterious
Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ Shark Science Is Still Surfacing Very little was known about sharks, and the research sought to understand why they attacked people Dave Ebert, a shark scientist at San Jose State University, first saw the film in 1975 as a high-school student in California It fueled a passion to study sharks The following decade was “kind of like the Wild West” for shark science, he said
50 YEARS AFTER JAWS: OCEARCH SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON . . . This model is not only foundational for future white shark conservation but will also serve as a global baseline for future shark research and management “Through the multidisciplinary research we facilitate, we are developing a more complete understanding of the Western North Atlantic white shark, including their essential habitats and
Jaws sparked panic — scientists tell a different shark story Gregory Skomal, a shark expert with the state Division of Marine Fisheries and a key collaborator with the conservancy, said when he began studying sharks in the late 1980s, white sharks were not
How ‘Jaws’ launched 50 years of great white shark research New technology, like underwater cameras, allow scientists to track shark movement ”We're still very much interested in better understanding [the sharks’] day to day, hour to hour, minute to