Around midday Sunday, as surfers waited for waves off Assateague State Park, Tracy Axel saw something break the surface ...

The new reports is a reminder that shark bites remain extremely rare, but they also raise important questions about co-existence.

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 ...

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 38-year-old man had been spearfishing with friends when he was attacked on a coral reef off Rottnest Island, police said.

A reported shark bite at Assateague Island and a small plane landing on the beach in Ocean City gave Maryland’s coast an ...

One U.S. state accounted for 17% of all unprovoked bites globally last year Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App team in 2025. Her work has ...

While global shark bites increased from 2024 to 2025, they still returned to near-average levels last year with 65 unprovoked shark bites. That amount is slightly less than the most recent 10-year ...

Gainesville, Fla — Global unprovoked shark bites returned to near-average levels in 2025, following a sharp reduction the year prior. There was a total of 65 unprovoked shark bites worldwide in 2025, ...

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 ...