A little boy out on a boogie board in the crystal green and blue California water is being tracked by a massive great white ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number of people bitten by the apex ocean predators, compared to 2024. The International ...

The new reports is a reminder that shark bites remain extremely rare, but they also raise important questions about co-existence.

One U.S. state accounted for 17% of all unprovoked bites globally last year Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App team in 2025. Her work has ...

Florida saw the most shark attacks out of any other state in 2025. The International Shark Attack File, run by the Florida Museum of Natural History, classifies the attacks as provoked or unprovoked ...

In my opinion, none of the replies thus far has actually answered the question. Note that orcas aren’t the only ones that don’t attack and eat humans. Despite the phrase “man-eating shark”, cases of ...

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 ...