Need Shark Week books or books about sharks for any time of year? You probably want to read the best picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and nonfiction books about sharks to learn as much as ...

“The greatest hazards to nature and biodiversity are driven by human choices and actions,” scientist Holly Booth was quoted saying in Dr. David Shiffman’s new book, ‘Why Sharks Matter.’ “The greatest ...

Sharks aren’t known for being particularly relatable to humans. For most people, the image of a giant great white breaching the waves – all jaws and teeth – in pursuit of a desperately fleeing seal is ...

When it comes to threats facing the world’s shark species, there is really just one culprit responsible for the fishes’ shrinking population: humans. To help raise awareness about the importance of ...

Sharks are some of the most successful, fierce and mysterious predators our world has ever known. With a history spanning around half a billion years, the shark bloodline has produced the mighty ...

Your finger practically bleeds just looking at them: three rows of perfect, razor-sharp white triangles that you know are gonna hurt. They’re inside a mouth made for swallowing you whole, that’s ...

In 1982, while diving off Rhode Island, photographer Brian Skerry met his first shark. “I moved closer,” he writes of that initial encounter, “my primal fears suppressed by my desire for intimacy with ...

“Shark.” Photographs and essays by Brian Skerry. Additional essays by Erik Vance and Glenn Hodges. Published by National Geographic, Washington, D.C. 208 pages. $25 The movie “Jaws” may well have ...

Peter Benchley, whose first novel, “Jaws,” sold 20 million copies and helped invent the Hollywood summer blockbuster film when Steven Spielberg made the tale of a bloodthirsty shark into a 1975 movie, ...

Barack Obama said it was one of his favorites of 2020. The Minnesota Book Awards called it the best novel in 2021. And Friends of the Saint Paul Library think everyone should read “Sharks in the Time ...