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The Feast of the Seven Fishes, or ‘Festa dei Sette Pesci,’ is a delectable blend of the sacred and secular, the old world and the new.

From leopards hidden in luggage to over a hundred snakes stashed in a man’s pants, there are some absolutely wild stories of people smuggling animals.

The history of Christmas carp and how to prepare it in European countries such as Poland and Slovakia.

A dinosaur fossil on display at Sotheby’s

These now-extinct creatures, including the Anteosaurus and Nanuqsaurus, are total nightmare fuel.

The aptly and catchily named bloodybelly comb jelly.

From a ginormous relative of the garden pillbug to fish with translucent heads, these organisms are adapted to the dark, cold, pressurized environment of the deep sea.

Common starfish (‘Asterias rubens’) in the Baltic Sea, a species researchers observed during their study.

Toxic explosives were no barrier for the fish and invertebrates colonizing a World War II-era munitions dump in the Baltic Sea, according to a new study.

There‘s a lot of noise that goes on around coral reefs.

Scientists are finding new ways to listen to fish thanks to technological advancements.

MBARI's advanced underwater robot reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish

Get to know the bumpy snailfish, a deep-sea creature that won‘t give you nightmares.

Even this snowy owl is totally surprised by some of these facts.

You’ll never look at these creatures the same way again.

A fishing group thought they caught a giant goldfish. What they hooked was actually much weirder.

This one‘s a juvenile female, according to the Marine Megafauna Foundation.

The newly identified Atlantic manta ray is officially a distinct species.

A hammerhead spends a lot of time and energy trying to binge-eat other big sharks. Here's why it pays off.

Anchovies or sardines? We break down how these small fish differ in looks, taste, and popular preparation methods.

Believe it or not, a great white shark‘s coloring helps it survive.

Let’s dive into the evolutionary science behind the great white’s namesake feature.

‘Claws’ didn’t draw the same crowds as ‘Jaws’ when it premiered two years later.

Great White Shark breaching at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.

The truth about these apex predators is often stranger—and more compelling—than the fiction.

You‘ll never guess how big this creature is.

Think the shark in ‘Jaws’ was huge? Find out how big great white sharks really get and how they compare to megalodons and whale sharks.

You can probably guess which shark species is most popular.

Americans can’t stop searching for great white sharks.

How some people spend their summer vacation.

Want to come face-to-fin with a great white? Book a trip to one of these 12 shark-spotting hotspots.

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Steven Spielberg took some poetic license in his shark-centric summer blockbuster.

In the summer of 1975, movie audiences learned all they ever wanted to know about bloodthirsty sharks from ‘Jaws.’ We asked shark scientists to set the record straight on Hollywood’s prodigious predator.