A spearfisher was killed on the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday in Australia's second fatal shark attack in just over a week, ...

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 ...

Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number of people bitten by the apex ocean predators, compared to 2024. The International ...

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

It's "extraordinary", says shark researcher Chris Pepin-Neff: four shark bites within 48 hours, and three of them within a 15-kilometre stretch of Australia's east coast. On 18 January, a 12-year-old ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in 2025 after a dip the previous year, according to the latest ...

A spearfisher has been mauled on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia’s second fatal shark attack in just over a week.

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

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 ...