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 ...

Shark Week floods screens with dramatic bite footage every summer, but the actual numbers tell a completely different story ...

From tough wetsuits to wearable devices, experts say there are ways to reduce your risk in the ocean ...

In the space of just 48 hours this past January, four people were bitten by sharks along Australia’s east coast, with a ...

Shark bites killed seven people and injured dozens more worldwide in 2024, a year when total confirmed unprovoked attacks dropped to 47. That figure has since climbed back toward the long-term average ...

Do more tiger shark bites occur in Hawaii during the month of October? They do, according to a new study by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, which confirmed there is, indeed, a statistically ...

A young mother remains in hospital after being bitten by a shark at Coogee beach in Sydney on Saturday morning. Leah Stewart, 35, was swimming about 30 metres offshore when the shark – believed to be ...

Can taking Metro prevent shark bites? That's the contention of an ad in stations and trains throughout the region. It's part of a Metro public relations campaign to highlight the effects of climate ...

When a surfer is bitten by a shark, especially in surfing hotspots in the U.S. and Australia, the story often goes viral. After all, movies like Jaws leaned hard into the idea that big sharks have it ...