Shark attacks happen each year. Though the majority of incidents occur due to mistaken identity, the attacks are a reminder ...

Global unprovoked shark bites decreased in 2025, but fatal attacks increased from the previous year. The United States led the world in shark bites, with Florida having the most incidents of any state ...

The majority of the world's unprovoked shark attacks last year involved white sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks.

For decades, experts and the general public believed that shark attacks on humans were a case of mistaken identity. Some researchers suggest that this may not always be the case, and that some shark ...

Two young people vacationing in the beach town of Oak Island, N.C., were swimming in waist-deep water when they lost limbs in separate life-threatening shark attacks, town officials said Monday. A ...

Borja Garcia Sousa was on honeymoon with his wife Ana in the Maldives when he was bitten by a shark on April 11 ...

Sharks get a bad rap in most media. On the very rare occasions when a shark attacks a human, even when there are warnings that sharks are in the area, the sharks are at fault and anti-shark campaigns ...

A scuba diver’s chilling close encounter with a great white shark reveals how calm behavior can prevent danger.