Florida — specifically Volusia County — is the shark capital of the world. The Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File found the most unprovoked shark attacks in ...

Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely recaptured. However, one shark tagged in 1936 had only grown 2.3 inches when it reappeared 16 years later.

Here are some of the places where you may be most likely to encounter one yourself. Florida has more shark attacks each year than any other area in the world, according to the International Shark ...

A man who survived being bitten multiple times by a shark while he was swimming at a popular California beach Sunday punched the predator on the nose before quick-thinking fellow swimmers rescued ...

Shark attacks have been reported across large portions of the U.S. coastline over the past year, with the highest number of incidents occurring in Florida and Hawaii. So far in 2024, there have ...

Sand tigers are the only shark known to come to the surface and gulp air. They store the air in their stomachs, which allows them to float motionless in the water, seeking prey. They are voracious ...

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File (ISAF) — which touts itself as “the world’s only scientifically documented, comprehensive database of all known ...

But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still lurking in the dark depths of the ocean? Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including ...

The underlying theme of the Shark Tank TV series is for either the investors (called Sharks) or the entrepreneurs (pitching their business) to convince the other side to accept the valuation of ...

A man survived a shark attack by punching it in the face before being rescued by other swimmers at a popular California beach, a witness has said. The 46-year-old was in the water with a group at ...

Cameron Whiting had just finished an easy 1.5-mile open-water swim and was bodysurfing Sunday morning off Del Mar Beach when a member of his swimming group began to scream. At first, Whiting heard ...