WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Florida is the shark bite capital of the world. Experts say Florida’s miles of coastline and Gulf of America-Atlantic-Intercoastal waterways are a big factor. Palm ...

Cookiecutter sharks small but fearless; attacks still rare. July 6, 2011 — -- A small shark that's as nasty as it is fearless, attacking everything from Navy submarines to killer whales, has been ...

Sharks get a bad rap in most media. On the very rare occasions when a shark attacks a human, even when there are warnings that sharks are in the area, the sharks are at fault and anti-shark campaigns ...

When I was little, I saw a movie about shark attacks. It made me nervous to go into the water. I talked about that with my friend Nora Hickey. She’s a fish veterinarian at Washington State University.

KEY LARGO, Fla. -- An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Labor Day, officials said. The incident occurred around 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Monroe ...

The media have something in common with sharks: feeding frenzies. On Dec. 2, a kayak fisherman died after being bitten by a shark off the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was the 13th shark incident ...

Shark activity increases during summer months due to warmer waters and increased food sources. While various shark species, including great whites and hammerheads, inhabit North Carolina waters, shark ...

Admit it. You think about it every time you step foot in an ocean. Too many viewings of Jaws or Sharknado, maybe. Or it could simply be in our DNA. Whatever the reason, the anxiety persists: Is a ...

After multiple dusky sharks killed a swimmer off Israel’s coast this year, scientists investigated what might have triggered the attack in hopes of preventing similar incidents A dusky shark swims in ...