Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.

"I start punching the shark. To be honest I don't know what I was trying to do, but I was hitting it," Peter says. "I can ...

Most shark bites happen by accident. Though Jaws has led to the popular narrative of sharks as man-hunting, killing machines, one prevailing theory states that a number of shark encounters are simply ...

Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark bites are ...

It was from a hospital bed, in a daze from painkillers, overwhelming media attention and a lingering frisson from her brush with death, that Anika Craney saw the Facebook message: “Welcome to Bite ...

An expert says the attacks were due to a “perfect storm”, including heavy rains that had led to an overabundance of food ...

A new study has confirmed a statistically "significant" spike in shark bite incidents in Hawaiian waters every October. The post Shark attacks most likely to happen when they’re doing this appeared ...

While the overall risk of a shark attack remains low, experts say warmer waters, various weather events, shifting prey and busier coastlines can increase the risk ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe.

This photo shows a White shark investigating testing board with bite-resistant neoprene at Neptune Island Group Marine Park in Australia. (Sam Cahir/Predapix via AP) PORTLAND, Maine — Australian ...