The aquarium is hosting an event featuring the wife of the late Peter Benchley, the author of the novel that inspired the ...

Peter Benchley, author of "Jaws," clarified misconceptions surrounding the book and film's creation in a 2000 interview. Benchley denied rumors of feuds with Spielberg and being removed from the set, ...

When my late husband, Peter Benchley, and I celebrated our 40th anniversary, I had one wish: to go cage diving with great white sharks. After decades of ocean expeditions together, I’d often been the ...

La Jolla-based Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is diving deep into the cultural and ...

Just when we all thought it was safe to go back into the water, Jaws returns to celebrate its 50th birthday. Released in 1975, Steven Spielberg’s breakout film endured a hellish, high-seas production ...

Wendy Benchley, married to the author for 41 years, said he died Saturday night at their home in Princeton, N.J. The cause of death, she said, was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and a ...

Classic horror movies are a staple of spooky season, whether you prefer a psychological thriller, a paranormal film or just a ...

Are you still afraid to go into the water? 50 years ago this month, the film JAWS debuted in theaters. The fabled great white shark has thrilled and terrified generations of moviegoers ever since. Its ...

The front window of the gift shop Soft as a Grape in Edgartown emblazoned with references of Amity Island, the fictitious location in the film "Jaws." (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Editor's Note: This is an ...

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear. And he showed them, pearly white, exactly 50 years ago this June − when the movie "Jaws" made its sensational splash. Remember the screams in the theater as ...

Fifty years ago, Jaws hit theaters with the force of a tsunami, and proceeded to scare the living daylights out of millions of viewers. Beach attendance plummeted in the months following the film’s ...