shark attack

Mark Summerset needed 18 stitches after being bitten while surfing at New Smyrna Beach in Florida, considered by many to be the shark bite capital of the world.

Three sailors were rescued off the coast of Australia after their 30-foot catamaran was severely damaged from multiple shark attacks.

Three sailors from Russia and France have been rescued after the inflatable catamaran they were trying to sail in from Vanuatu to Australia came under attack from sharks.

A shark attacked a Connecticut woman as she was snorkeling in Turks and Caicos Wednesday afternoon and she lost a leg in the attack, environmental officials said.

Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it’s safe to go in the water. Scientists and researchers who study sharks said the overwhelming answer to that question is yes, it is safe. Scientists say potentially dangerous interactions between humans and sharks are uncommon,...

A surfer from Florida’s Treasure Coast described the moments when he was bitten by a shark earlier this month.

Although the number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased in 2022, a study from the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File found that last year Florida recorded the highest number of reported shark bites in the world. Sharks bit 16 people in unprovoked encounters off Florida’s waters in 2022, and while none of these bites were fatal, two, most likely...

A 10-year-old girl is sharing her story of survival after being attacked by a shark off Florida’s east coast this past weekend.

A resilient young boy who lost part of his leg in a brutal shark attack in the Florida Keys last month said he intends to go back in the water at the exact spot of the encounter. Jameson Reeder Jr. and his family were in the Keys and were snorkeling along a shallow reef near Looe Key Reef on Aug….

A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling around the Bahamas Tuesday.

Two swimmers have survived shark attacks this week at South Carolina’s most popular beach.

Jameson Reeder Jr. and his family were snorkeling along a shallow reef Saturday when he was attacked by what’s believed to be an 8-foot bull shark, said his uncle, Joshua Reeder.