Shark Attacks

College Hoops Star Survives Shark Attack

Posted 05.29.2012

Chad Renfro, a Barry University basketball player, survived a shark attack last week while surfing in Jacksonville, Fla. "I just got a wave and I w...

SHARK ATTACKS: Amazing Stories

Oddee.com | Posted 05.11.2012

Every year, there are about sixty shark attacks reported world wide. Some aren't lucky enough to survive -- like Ian Redmond, who was killed in a s...

The Numbers Are In: 2011 Shark Attacks

Posted 02.08.2012

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor The numbers are in, and 2011 continued the downward trend in shark attacks in the United States. Th...

WATCH: Shark Bites Surfer's Neck At Same Beach Where Friend Was Previously Attacked

Posted 12.31.2011

A surfer who was bitten in the neck last weekend by a shark at a beach near Monterey, California is now recovering in the hospital. Eric Tarantino...

Australian Man Feared Dead After Possible Shark Attack

AP | By KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 12.10.2011

SYDNEY -- Australian officials were hunting Tuesday for any sign of a 64-year-old man who authorities believe was attacked by a great white shark off ...

Russia Sees Unprecedented Shark Attacks Along Pacific Coast

AP | Posted 10.19.2011

MOSCOW -- Russian emergency officials on Friday warned residents to stay out of the water along 1,300 kilometers (840 miles) of the Pacific coast afte...

Michael McLaughlin

I Was Bitten By A Shark And All I Got Was This Free Sushi Roll

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 10.12.2011

The new sushi promotion for shark attack survivors at a Florida restaurant is the oceanic version of Hammurabi's Code: A bite for a bite. Anyone w...

Shark vs. EVERYTHING

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 10.04.2011

Shark Week is underway, and with it comes the mass-broadcasting of gory, terrifying videos of sharks attacking ... well, pretty much everything. S...

Soul Surfer Is a Story of Faith and Courage

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 06.12.2011

Jackie K. Cooper

Soul Surfer is an uplifting movie in its tale of faith and survival, but may be too sweetly joyous to appeal to the jaded members of our society.

Shark Attacks Rose 25% Last Year

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

It seems the sharks have decided to even out the shoreline playing field a bit. According to MSNBC, as shark attack numbers declined in the "shark cap...

Red Sea Sharks Attacking Humans, Killing Spree Baffles Scientists

TIME | ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER / SHARM EL | Posted 05.25.2011

Hoping to protect the local tourism industry over July 4, the beach resort's mayor initially downplays the danger of shark attacks - but is forced to ...

I'm With Stupid: Everyone Tastes the Same to a Mako Shark

Todd Hartley | Posted 05.25.2011

Todd Hartley

You have the mako to track people down and the whitetip to chew them up. Clever. Just the sort of scheme you'd expect a brilliant organization like the Mossad to dream up.

Not Another Shark Movie: How a New Documentary Depicts Great White Sharks as More Than Just Killers

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

Levi Novey

Aronson thinks he has added something new to "what has been said" about great whites. Titled White Shark Cafe, his film refers to an area in the Pacific Ocean where scientists recently discovered that great white sharks gather frequently for unclear reasons.

Patricia Trumbull, Australian Grandmother, Survives Shark Attack (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Trumbull, 60, survived a shark attack by "punching, punching, punching" the animal after it took a bite out of her rear end. The Australian ...

Shark Attack Florida 2010: Man Dies In Stuart Beach, Florida After Attack

Posted 05.25.2011

A kite surfer who suffered from a shark attack off Stuart Beach, Florida, died yesterday, Feb. 3, 2010, per local reports. The 38-year-old, Stephen...

Sharks Gear Up For Record Summer

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Borowitz

"We had an amazing summer of 2008, and that was with little or no advertising," says Danny Steinmentz, the ad wizard who oversees marketing for the nation's sharks. "Once our new spots roll out, summer of 2009 is going to be awesome." 



Australia Sees 3 Shark Attacks In 2 Days

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

IT COULD be a down side to our ocean waters becoming cleaner, or the result of a welcome flourishing of the schools of small fish that cling to Austra...

10 Things You Should Stop Worrying About

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

It seems like every day there is a new study or a new test result that proves something is very, very bad for you. From cellphones to plastic water bo...