It's "extraordinary", says shark researcher Chris Pepin-Neff: four shark bites within 48 hours, and three of them within a 15km (9-mile) stretch of Australia's east coast. On 18 January, a 12-year-old ...

A series of five shark attacks in two weeks on New York's Long Island probably has many beachgoers in the Northeast hesitant to wade into the water. But the sharks aren't targeting humans — they're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive great white shark was spotted lurking off the coast of Maine near popular beaches, prompting police in one coastal town ...

When a Monterey County woman died in a shark attack off Pacific Grove in late December, it was the 17th such fatality in 75 years off the coast of California. Most of those incidents involved white ...

Editor's note: This story contains graphic images that may be disturbing to some viewers. A fisherman is recovering after being attacked by a shark in the Florida panhandle, according to the survivor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Officials in Sydney, Australia, are warning people to avoid swimming for at least 72 hours after heavy ...

“They really made a bad situation good”: A Florida man recounts a terrifying shark attack while spearfishing in the Bahamas and the emergency rescue staff that saved his hand and possibly his life.

Sharks attacked at least a dozen people in the United States so far this year, data collected by USA TODAY shows. The most recent reported incident took place on July 22 in South Florida, when a ...

The year 1916 was a fantastic summer on the Jersey Shore, if you liked the threats of war, polio, and a deadly attacker stalking the waterways. That was the summer that a series of strange, violent ...

While Florida is known for shark bites, incidents are about average for the year and declined nationally in 2024. Shark bites are extremely rare and most are cases of mistaken identity in ...