A record-breaking great white shark was spotted swimming off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. on July 18. The shark, named Contender, was tagged by marine research nonprofit, OCEARCH. Contender ...

Sydney, Australia — A shark bit and killed a 17-year-old girl swimming off an eastern Australian island on Monday, officials said, in the country's third reported fatal attack in just over five ...

In 2024, there were 71 confirmed shark bites worldwide, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). 47 of these were unprovoked, and most happened while people were swimming or wading ...

Maine's first and only deadly shark attack occurred off the coast of Bailey Island in 2020. Julie Dimperio Holowach, a 63-year-old New York City woman, was swimming with her daughter about 30 to ...

Credit: Social media A shark was filmed swimming among terrified small children on an Israeli beach before an attack on a diver who is missing and feared dead. In what could be the first fatal ...

A drone camera caught a large shark near snorkelers in Stuart, Fla. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV ...

“As if right out of a Hollywood movie, a 6-8 foot shark (no exaggeration) surfaced at the Rescue Door and was swimming toward 30-40 people in the water about 30 feet away. Everyone on the Flight ...

As recently as April 17, a white shark named Dold was tracked off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico. First tagged by OCEARCH on Feb. 28, 2025, near the Florida-Georgia line, Dold measures ...

Here’s quite a fish tale. A majestic Great White Shark was seen swimming along the shores of Montauk this week — a sighting that marks the beginning of the summer season.

A Canadian tourist lost both her hands when she tried to take a picture with a 6-foot shark while swimming in Turks and Caicos and it bit her. The 55-year-old woman was snorkeling off ...

This collection of documentaries about one of the ocean’s oldest animals (shark fossils date back over 400 million years) is a great place to learn more about pre-historic and present-day sharks.

However, great white shark bites have increased in recent decades, likely because more people are spending time in the ocean. But the good news is that fatalities are much lower! Before 1950, 92% ...