Emily Ross, 32, who lives in Las Vegas, was on a peaceful snorkelling trip near Pompano Beach in Florida when she came face ...

A former lifeguard has been left with a "spaghetti wrist" after being attacked by a shark while snorkelling in waist-deep ...

Emily Ross, 32, was snorkeling in waist-deep water near a pier when she saw the shark's fin and was bitten on the arm, ...

Smaller in size than the grey reef shark, blacktip reef sharks are sometimes confused with other species. "The grey reef shark can be distinguished by its stockier body and lack of black tip on ...

Tourists got postcard views in Thailand’s Maya Bay this month, as researchers spotted a jaw-dropping 158 blacktip reef sharks.

Blacktip reef sharks — not to be confused with “oceanic black tipped sharks” — are a small, near-shore shark species growing to a maximum size of around 6 feet and 30-40 lbs.

Maya Bay's remarkable ecosystem recovery reached a new milestone on July 3 when researchers counted 158 blacktip reef sharks ...

There are two Black Tip Reef sharks, a Zebra shark and a Tasselled Wobbegong. “This is what your ecosystem looks like and what it looks like when these animals interact.

Dr. Catherine Macdonald, left, holds a pregnant black tip reef shark while Amani Webber-Schultz and another lab student collect blood during a shark tagging expedition with the University of Miami ...

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Emily Ross, 32, who lives in Las Vegas, was on a peaceful snorkelling trip near Pompano Beach in Florida when she came face to face with a black tip reef shark ...