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A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. [1] Despite their rarity, [2] [3] [4] [5] many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series.
Shark attacks have been reported across large portions of the U.S. coastline over the past year, with the highest number of incidents occurring in Florida and Hawaii. So far in 2024, there have...
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File investigated 120 alleged shark-human interactions worldwide in 2023. ISAF confirmed 69 unprovoked shark bites on humans and 22 provoked bites.
Shark attacks almost always occur close to the coast. It's rare for victims see a shark approaching. In most attacks, sharks don't bite more than once. They frequently use three assault...
Florida fire officials are still asking beachgoers to exercise caution Sunday after three people were injured Friday in two separate shark attacks within just 90 minutes of each other at...
Click the icon to learn more about that shark species. Use the sliders to select the date range. All attack types are included by default; click the Non-fatal or Fatal buttons to include just that type of attack.
Red flags: Beachgoers saved one Florida shark attack victim. Then came a second attack. SOUTH WALTON BEACH, Fla. – On a bright blue day at the end of May, Andrew Cady dropped his Sea-Doos...
Several people were bitten by sharks in separate attacks at Texas and Florida beaches on the Fourth of July, authorities said. A 26-year-old man was bitten by a shark off New Smyrna Beach,...
The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) is the world’s only scientifically documented, comprehensive database of all known shark attacks. Initiated in 1958, there are now more than 6,800 individual investigations covering the period from the early 1500s to the present.
Of the more than 500 species of shark, only a handful have ever attacked humans, and most bites in the United States can be traced to just four species. Even in Hawaii, which has the highest...