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A heroic dad repeatedly punched a shark that almost killed his daughter in a terrifying attack in North Carolina, according to his family. Paige Winter, 17, lost a leg and some fingers after getting mauled in the water at Fort Macon beach on Sunday. She was airlifted 80 miles to...
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The tourist killed in a shark attack in Hawaii over the weekend was a recently retired optometrist, family man and avid adventurer from California, friends said. Dr. Thomas Smiley, 65, of Granite Bay, was swimming about 60 yards from the shore near the Kaanapali Shores resort in Maui early Saturday when...
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Results from DNA testing of a wetsuit worn by a teenage boy bitten by a shark last month while lobster diving in Encinitas confirmed he was attacked by a great white shark, officials said Wednesday. Lifeguards and scientists had suspected from the beginning that they were dealing with a...
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The teenage boy who was attacked by a shark off a California beach on Saturday is in serious condition but recovering from traumatic bite injuries, a hospital official said at a Monday press conference. Keane Webre-Hayes,13, talked and was alert Monday morning in a pediatric intensive care unit at Rady Children’s Hospital about 48 hours...
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(WELLFLEET, Mass.) — A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years. The man, identified by Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Tara Miltimore...
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A video posted by a Massachusetts native shows a shark attacking a seal off the coast of Cape Cod. The clip was posted by Patrick O’Brian on Twitter and shows blood spreading across the water at Nauset beach. Lifeguards were on duty and it appears that no one was...
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A great white shark jumped inside a 73-year-old fisherman’s boat — and he lived to tell the tale with little more than a skinned arm. Australian Terry Selwood was fishing in calm waters in the same spot he’s been dropping a line for the last 50 years when the...
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A California kayaker has recalled a hair-raising encounter with a great white shark that left him scrambling in the water. Steve Lawson of Santa Cruz was paddling about a quarter mile out from shore on Tuesday morning when he said an abrupt bump left him face-to-face with the shark....
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An Ohio teenager says she was bitten by a shark while vacationing with her family in Hilton Head, S.C. Reagan Readnour, 14, told The Island Packet she was on a boogie board with family members on Hilton Head June 18 when she felt something tugging at her leg. “I...
A heroic dad repeatedly punched a shark that almost killed his daughter in a terrifying attack in North Carolina, according to his family. Paige Winter, 17, lost a leg and some fingers after getting mauled in the water at Fort Macon beach on Sunday. She was airlifted 80 miles to...
The tourist killed in a shark attack in Hawaii over the weekend was a recently retired optometrist, family man and avid adventurer from California, friends said. Dr. Thomas Smiley, 65, of Granite Bay, was swimming about 60 yards from the shore near the Kaanapali Shores resort in Maui early Saturday when...
Results from DNA testing of a wetsuit worn by a teenage boy bitten by a shark last month while lobster diving in Encinitas confirmed he was attacked by a great white shark, officials said Wednesday. Lifeguards and scientists had suspected from the beginning that they were dealing with a...
The teenage boy who was attacked by a shark off a California beach on Saturday is in serious condition but recovering from traumatic bite injuries, a hospital official said at a Monday press conference. Keane Webre-Hayes,13, talked and was alert Monday morning in a pediatric intensive care unit at Rady Children’s Hospital about 48 hours...
(WELLFLEET, Mass.) — A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years. The man, identified by Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Tara Miltimore...
A video posted by a Massachusetts native shows a shark attacking a seal off the coast of Cape Cod. The clip was posted by Patrick O’Brian on Twitter and shows blood spreading across the water at Nauset beach. Lifeguards were on duty and it appears that no one was...
A great white shark jumped inside a 73-year-old fisherman’s boat — and he lived to tell the tale with little more than a skinned arm. Australian Terry Selwood was fishing in calm waters in the same spot he’s been dropping a line for the last 50 years when the...
A California kayaker has recalled a hair-raising encounter with a great white shark that left him scrambling in the water. Steve Lawson of Santa Cruz was paddling about a quarter mile out from shore on Tuesday morning when he said an abrupt bump left him face-to-face with the shark....
An Ohio teenager says she was bitten by a shark while vacationing with her family in Hilton Head, S.C. Reagan Readnour, 14, told The Island Packet she was on a boogie board with family members on Hilton Head June 18 when she felt something tugging at her leg. “I...