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Authorities will investigate whether a dead tiger shark caught in a net off an Australian beach killed a surfer

As the coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay put, it gave sharks a travel passport and scientists a rare opportunity

The woman killed in Maine’s first known deadly shark attack Monday has been identified as a 63-year-old woman from New York City who had a summer home in the community. The Maine Department of Marine Resources on Tuesday identified the woman as Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63. She was attacked by a great white shark, authorities said Tuesday. “It is tragic…

An 11-year-old Florida boy is expected to make a full recovery beach after being bit by a shark while swimming at New Smyrna Beach.

A woman has died in what authorities in Maine are describing as an apparent shark attack. A witness said the woman was swimming “when she was injured in what appeared to be a shark attack,” according to a statement from the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Kayakers in the area took her to shore, where paramedics were called. But she…

Divers in Thailand saw a whale shark with a nylon rope tied around its tail. The tense video shows one of the divers attempted to use a knife to cut off the rope but was unsuccessful.

A young surfer had a close encounter with a shark while riding a wave in Florida waters over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Lifeguards at a Delaware beach drew criticism for placing a 4-foot-long dying shark into a trash can, but a beach official says guards acted in the interest of public safety.

“Baby Shark Live” is set to launch a 100-city tour in North America this fall, with a Chicago suburb among the stops.

“Baby Shark Live” is set to launch a 100-city tour in North America this fall. It is inspired by the children’s song whose dance video has generated nearly 3 billion views on YouTube. The song was produced in 2015 by the South Korean firm Pinkfong. Promoters say Baby Shark will join up with his friend, Pinkfong, to sing and dance...

A Massachusetts woman was airlifted to a hospital in Florida after she suffered a shark bite in the Bahamas. The 32-year-old woman was spearfishing off Treasure Cay Coast when the shark went after the fish on her spear and inadvertently bit her hand, according to Abaco Fire Chief Colin Albury.

A video caught on a drone shows a shark just within feet from a paddleboarder in Nauset Beach, off Cape Cod, in July.

A man suffered “deep puncture wounds” when he was bitten by a shark while standing in the water just 30 yards off shore of a Cape Cod beach on Wednesday afternoon.

While shark attacks are rare, more people are killed by electrocution by Christmas lights each year, here is a guide on what to do if you should find yourself in such a precarious position.

A Texas fisherman in Corpus Cristi caught a 14-foot female Greater Hammerhead Shark on Saturday, which died after the fisherman took photos and measurements before trying to release her back into the water.

A swimmer was bitten by what lifeguards believed was a bullhead shark in South Florida on Sunday. Miami-Dade lifeguards believe this is the first shark attack in 20 years.

A teenage boy was bitten on the foot and ankle while surfing at First Coast beach in Jacksonville, Florida, in the second incident of its kind on the beach. Witnesses say the boy was swimming back to shore when he was attacked.

A woman vividly recalled the painful sensation of “piercing teeth” as a shark clamped down on the right side of her body.

Shaylen Borkowski, who arrived at a Boca Raton hospital with a nurse shark attached to her arm, is released from the hospital.

A 23-year-old woman who was bitten by a small nurse shark Sunday in Boca Raton, Florida, and hospitalized with the shark still attached to her arm has been released.