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 ...

New University of Hawaiʻi research confirms that "Sharktober" is real, revealing a statistically significant spike in shark bite incidents in Hawaiian waters every October. The study, which analyzed ...

Dozens of species are of sharks are making their northward migration.

Global unprovoked shark bites decreased in 2025, but fatal attacks increased from the previous year. The United States led the world in shark bites, with Florida having the most incidents of any state ...

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 ...