In 2024, there were 47 "unprovoked" shark bites around the globe, and 28 of those happened in the U.S., according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File (ISAF).

Sharks have a reputation for being some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. The sight of a great white’s gaping maw has haunted many nightmares. However, there are some shark species ...

Shark Week 2025 starts later in July than it did in 2024, on Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET, according to Discovery. In 2024, Shark Week started on Sunday, July 7.

Shark attacks on humans are rare. Despite how movies and the media depict them, sharks are not hunters of people. Your chances of getting attacked by a shark are one in 11.5 million. And the ...

And it's officially "shark bite season" — the time of year when shark activity in Florida waters is at its peak. Last year, 30% of the recorded unprovoked shark bites in the world were in Florida.

Massive shark washes up on Cape Cod beach: ‘May look like it’s smiling but sadly, it is not’ ‘When the tide goes out fast, they’re basically screwed’ ...

Local News First white shark sighting of season confirmed in Mass. “This is the time of year when we like to remind people to be ‘shark smart,’” shark expert John Chisholm cautioned.

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers. Multiple basking sharks were seen off Plymouth Friday morning.

A shark swims in Mediterranean Sea as Israeli police are looking the area for a swimmer who they fear was attacked by a shark on Monday, near the Israeli city of Hadera, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

Image by Xyxyzyz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. The inland sea that covered the Midwest was also home to a variety of prehistoric sharks, whose teeth are among the most common fossils found in the ...

Six fossilized great white shark teeth have been found on Narragansett Town Beach in Rhode Island within a year. The Atlantic Shark Institute is encouraging the public to report any further ...

The International Shark Attack File considers attacks on a living human in the shark's natural habitat, who did not bother the animal prior to being bitten, "unprovoked." It considers attacks that ...