Florida's coast has witnessed a total of 812 confirmed and unprovoked attacks. New York may have been the site of two suspected shark attacks on Wednesday, but attacks by the creatures in these waters are so rare that there have been only 10 documented ...

Combine the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws" – which started the nation's shark obsession in 1975 – with Discovery Channel's 37th annual Shark Week that begins July 20, and sharks might be getting extra attention this summer. Why are people so ...

Sharks have fueled nightmares for decades, but most of what people think they know about these creatures is shaped by blockbuster movies and exaggerated news reports. The truth is, that shark attacks are rare, and these animals aren’t lurking in the ...

Stephen Frink/Getty Images — -- Despite the fear instilled by the 1975 cult classic "Jaws," small New England resort towns aren’t too much of a shark attack hotspot -- not as much as Florida, at least. Of the 29 shark attacks recorded so far this ...

In the mysterious world of the ocean’s depths, there’s a creature so bizarre that it looks like it swam straight out of a sci-fi movie. Meet the goblin shark — an ancient, rarely seen predator whose alien-like jaw and eerie pinkish skin have earned ...

Shark sightings off the eastern coast of the United States this summer may have some people wondering what they could do if they encounter a shark. "People go in the ocean every single day against this natural common sense knowing there's sharks in there ...

Lee Berryman was bitten by a great white shark at D’Estrees Bay, Kangaroo Island in Australia on Oct. 7 Sunrise/Youtube Shark attack victim Lee Berryman has revealed he was attacked by a Great White after previously believing it was as Bronze Whaler He ...

A fisherman in a wealthy beach vacation hot spot became the object of nature’s wrath while wrestling with a shark he caught during the July Fourth weekend. A 21-year-old man in Nantucket caught a common sandbar shark on Sunday and reeled it onto shore ...