A pregnant 7-foot porbeagle shark appeared to have been eaten by an even larger shark in what researchers believe is the first such evidence of the ocean hunter becoming the hunted. Researchers captured the porbeagle shark near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in late October 2020 and attached two tracker tags – one mounted on the shark’s...
A 15-year-old girl from Aspen, Colorado, was severely injured in a shark attack while scuba diving in Belize this week, according to reports and a fundraising page set up for the teen. Annabelle Carlson had just finished scuba diving with her family and a tour group and had gotten back onto the tour boat on...
An Australian surfer vowed to get back on his board after a shark ripped off his leg in the waters off New South Wales last week. Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing near Port Macquarie on Tuesday when what he described as the “biggest shark I’ve ever seen” suddenly attacked him. “A few days ago I...
Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing off New South Wales in Australia when he was attacked by a shark, New South Wales police said. “Clinging to life, he was able to catch a wave back to the beach,” a fundraising site set up for McKenzie said. “A retired police officer used his dog’s lead as a...
A fishing crew recently set a new state record after reeling in a huge bull shark at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. The Bon Secour Butchers team on “The Orca” vessel caught the 494.5-pound beast at the tournament on Dauphin Island. “A catch like that coming through our weigh station really galvanizes everyone and...
A beachgoer is recovering after being treated for a “probable shark bite” Monday at a resort on Hilton Head Island. Shore Beach Patrol officials told WSAV News 3 it happened shortly after noon Monday near beach marker 26 in the Sea Pines Resort. Lifeguards claimed the beachgoer exited the water and was bleeding but had...
Sharks have tested positive for cocaine off Brazil’s coast, according to a new scientific study. Scientists with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharkswho all tested positive for the drug, and 12 out of the 13 also tested positive for benzoylecgonine, cocaine’s primary metabolite. Their findings, published in the journal ScienceDirect, were the...
A spearfisherman in Florida recounted how he survived a lightning-fast shark attack thanks to a friend who confronted the ocean predator. Jose Abreu, 37, told WSVN-TV that he was spearfishing near a reef in the waters off Key West on Monday when a bull shark suddenly swam up and bit him multiple times. “He’s too...
Florida waters have worn the crown as the king of shark attacks for the last decade. There have been 259 shark bites in the Sunshine State since 2012, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). The only other states that recorded enough shark attacks to even be a footnote on the list are Hawaii...
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) issued a warning to beachgoers after a shark was spotted off the coast of a popular beach. “Be Advised! Our drones have sighted a shark at Rockaway Beach,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry wrote in an X post Thursday afternoon. Officials said Beach 58 to Beach...
