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This is the second part of a two-part series. For the first part, click here. WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – When a shark ...
It’s been over a year since a series of shark attacks all happened in Walton County on the same day. 50-year-old Elisabeth ...
A Canadian tourist was seriously injured and hospitalized in south Florida after a shark attack, according to officials. The man, who is in his 40s, was at a beach in Hollywood ... a total of 88 ...
Two shark attacks reported in separate vacation hotspots as summer beach season starts Hilton Head Island incident follows traumatic shark bite that nearly severed 9-year-old girl's hand in Florida ...
Despite these numbers and tags, shark attacks are not very common. The International Shark Attack File confirmed only 76 worldwide shark bites last year with only about 47 being unprovoked incidents.
Each year, according to ISAF, the world averages about 65 documented shark attacks. On average, six fatal attacks are reported each year. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.