"Sharktober" — the spike in shark bite incidents off the west coast of North America during the fall — is real, and it seems to happen in Hawaii when tiger sharks give birth in the waters surrounding ...

Unprovoked shark attacks killed nine people in 2025, more than double the four fatalities reported in 2024 The U.S. led globally with 25 unprovoked attacks, including 11 in Florida, which saw fewer ...

Tiger shark attacks in Hawaiian waters spike every October, with the month accounting for as much as a fifth of all recorded bites, a new analysis of decades of data reveals. This pronounced pattern, ...

Egypt’s Red Sea has become a troubling hotspot for fatal shark attacks, with a fatality rate far higher than the global average and repeated incidents involving oceanic whitetips and tiger sharks. In ...

A snorkeler swims in the Pacific Ocean near La Jolla Shores in San Diego as leopard sharks swim below him on Jan. 16, 2026. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in ...

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 ...