When it comes to sharks, myths abound. You’ve probably heard, for example, that sharks can smell a single drop of human blood from a mile away. Which is no doubt, in many of our imaginations, just a ...

What makes the great white shark so deadly? Scientists point to its biology: powerful jaws, razor-sharp teeth, and a sixth ...

After two surgeries to deal with the near-death injuries of a Walton County beach shark attack, Alabama teen Lulu Gribbin had the opportunity to rest at Pensacola's Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital.

A 26-year-old woman had been on a scuba diving course in the Maldives when the shark struck and left her with injuries to her wrists after she had tried to chase it ...

Call it luck, being in the right place at the right time or divine intervention, but a teenage girl bitten by a shark is alive today because a doctor saw blood in the water. Dr. Ryan Forbess, along ...

Shark fishermen sling bait — sometimes even blood — to lure the ocean's top predator near the same surf where children splash around like prey and most shark attacks occur. For some, that casts much ...

Kauai lifeguard Chance Swanson, who was admitted to The Queen’s Medical Center after surviving a shark bite at Hanalei Bay, ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into US waters. A recent survey by tide forecasting site Tideschart found that ...