Shark Week is back for its 38th year with 20 new shark episodes on Discovery. Since 1998, there have been 76 shark bites on ...

Florida led the United States in shark bites in 2025 with 11 unprovoked attacks. Globally, only Australia had more shark ...

A surfer at New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County, Florida, was struck in the face by a shark while riding waves, an incident ...

A shark bite and 23 shark sightings have triggered beach closures across the East Coast this summer, and increased ...

Meanwhile, just a couple of weekends ago, a swimmer was savaged off Jones Beach by a suspected shark — which decided to snack ...

Here's when Shark Week 2026 begins, the airing schedule and what to know about sharing the ocean with the sharks that call ...

While sharks are commonly found in the waters off the United States, shark bites are rare, according to Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Museum of Natural History's shark research program.

A shark bite may be rare, but survival can change completely depending on the species, the injury, and whether the person has something to keep them afloat. Using Australian shark attack data, the ...

Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante explains why shark attacks spike every summer and shares simple beach safety tips to avoid a negative encounter.

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

A surfer in Queensland, Australia was very fortunate to avoid a shark attack during an incident this week. He was on a ...

The attack occurred on Saturday morning, July 18, off the coast of Australia ...