The majority of the world's unprovoked shark attacks last year involved white sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks.

Unprovoked shark bites worldwide increased in 2025, and fatalities rose above the recent decade average, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). The Florida Museum of Natural ...

Friends have recounted the desperate final moments of a young surfer who was attacked by two massive sharks off the coast of Gracetown, Australia as they looked on helplessly. Witnesses report that 29 ...

A team of deep-sea researchers captured video of a sleeper shark prowling nearly 500 meters below the surface near Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands in January 2025, marking the first time the ...

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 ...

Shark attacks turned deadlier in 2025 — with fatalities spiking 125% worldwide, a new study shows. There were 65 unprovoked bites and nine deaths from those encounters with the toothsome predator, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Sunshine State consistently has more shark bites than any other state in the U.S. as attacks have generally dropped. According to a study published Wednesday, the Florida ...

The U.S. led the world in unprovoked shark bites in 2025, with Florida having the most incidents. Australia recorded the highest number of fatal shark attacks last year, with five deaths. Worldwide, ...

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 ...