A 9-year-old girl whose right hand was nearly bitten off her arm by a shark near Boca Grande may fully recover thanks to fast action, doctors said.

To researchers, the animals are hardly predatory villains; most are juveniles figuring out how to hunt. Encounters such as ...

A surfer from Florida was in for the shock of his life when a shark rose above the waves and head butted him face on, in an ...

FILE - LeeBeth, a 14-foot, 2,600-pound great white shark, was caught in December 2023 at Hilton Head and outfitted with a GPS transmitter ...

But that was half the total of 28 in the U.S. New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County is the unofficial shark bite capital of the world, and eight people were bitten in that county last year.

They can also weigh up to 4,500 pounds (2,041kg). The great white shark’s infamous smile is made up of seven rows of serrated, 2.5-inch-long teeth.

But that was half the total of 28 in the U.S. New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County is the unofficial shark bite capital of the world, and eight people were bitten in that county last year.

But that was half the total of 28 in the U.S. New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County is the unofficial shark bite capital of the world, and eight people were bitten in that county last year.