On December 2, in the city of Melaka off the coast of Mexico, a young mother died while saving her 5-year-old daughter from a shark. The predator bit off a woman's leg, causing her to bleed to death on the beach, NewYorkPost reports. Local residents identified the woman as 26-year-old Maria Fernandez Martinez...
This week in Central Florida, a shark bit two surfers in one day, Fox35 reports. Bill Eveland was surfing on the afternoon of September 11 at Satellite Beach with his friends when he spotted a mullet nearby. One of his friends decided to return to shore...
Sharks have bitten two men and one woman in Florida recently. Attacks occurred even in shallow water, according to FoxNews. A 37-year-old woman from Apopka was bitten on her right leg by a shark while she was in shallow water in Ponce Bay, security confirmed...
Ella Reed, 13, survived a frightening shark attack off the coast of Florida, but she returned to the ocean with researchers to swim among the ferocious animals, NewYorkPost reports. Last month, 13-year-old Ella Reid sat with friends in the shallow water near the pier in Fort Pierce Beach,…
A British man who was killed by a great white shark off the coast of Australia last year has died in a "provoked incident," researchers say. The incident happened in February last year. Simon Nellist, a 35-year-old scuba instructor, swam at Buchan Point, near…
A 15-year-old Brazilian woman who lost her arm in a horrific shark attack has chided passers-by who took the opportunity to film the horrific scene instead of helping her, reports the Independent. Cailanne Timoteo Freitas was attacked on Piedade Beach in Brazil on 6 March. She swam...
Tourist Nicolae Cioban, a 34-year-old man from Romania, was bitten by a "big shark" on January 8 while swimming off the coast of the Florida Keys last week, WFLA reported. According to the Key West Police Department incident report, the man was in the water near Outer Mole National Park…
A 58-year-old Pennsylvania woman was snorkeling with her family in the Bahamas when she was attacked by a blunt-nosed shark, NBC reports. An American tourist has died. The woman, whose name has not been released, was snorkeling with a group of five to seven relatives when, shortly after 14 p.m., she was…
A 51-year-old French woman is in critical condition after being attacked by a shark on September 3 on the island of Maui, according to CNN. The woman was swimming and snorkeling about 12m offshore prior to the incident at Paia Bay, police said. According to a press release, her…
Record coastline sightings and shark attacks in 2022 - around New York and other East Coast states - may not be a coincidence or a viral myth: Contrary to popular belief, these oceanic predators have indeed become frequent waters near crowded urban areas, reports ...