Shark Attack

A surfer carries his board into the water next to a sign declaring a shark sighting on Sydney's Manly Beach, Australia, November 24, 2015.

World News

A swimmer died in the 1st fatal shark attack at a Sydney beach in nearly 6 decades

1:23pm February 16, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The incident, in which someone saw a man in a wetsuit get dragged underwater, is the city's first fatal shark attack since 1963. Beaches are closed while lifeguards patrol for further shark sightings.

North Carolina Shark Activity Not Abnormal Despite Recent Attacks

4:23pm June 18, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

In June alone, North Carolina has had three shark attacks off its coast, and that has many wondering whether this amount of shark activity is unusual.

Health & Safety

Shark Bites Child In Third North Carolina Attack This Season

11:54am June 17, 2019

by Associated Press

North Carolina officials say a shark bit an 8-year-old boy in what is now the third attack this season along the North Carolina coast.

Two people look out at the water after a shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., on Sept. 15.

National

Swimmer Dead After Shark Attack On Cape Cod

4:55pm September 15, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

A man in his mid-20s was bitten 300 feet off the shoreline of Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Saturday. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.

The recent spate of attacks — seven since June in North Carolina alone — has little to do with the shark population off American coastlines. Shark attack, George Burgess says, "is driven by the number of humans in the water more than the number of sha

Don't Blame The Sharks For 'Perfect Storm' Of Attacks In North Carolina

2:58pm July 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

The state's beaches usually see one shark attack a summer, if any. This year, there have already been seven. But this uptick in attacks is likely not tied to shark populations so much as to our own.

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Health & Safety

Why All The Shark Attacks? Expert Says There's Many Possibilities

11:59am July 03, 2015

by Michael Burke

In the last three weeks, there have been 7 shark attacks along the North Carolina Coast.

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Health & Safety

Another Shark Attack Reported Along The North Carolina Coast

2:40pm July 01, 2015

Authorities say a man apparently bitten by a shark off the North Carolina Outer Banks is being airlifted to a hospital with serious wounds.