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When it comes to shark attacks, Florida typically tops global charts. But recently, New York has been making headlines for a spate of dangerous encounters that have rattled New Yorkers

On the remote Southern coast of Papua New Guinea, scientists encountered something amazing: a walking shark.

Scientists documented a Papuan species of epaulette shark "walking" for the first time in May.

An Orlando man is home from the hospital after he was bitten by a shark this week. 

Beaches have closed as surfers, lifeguards and swimmers alike suffer bites from curious sharks in search of food.

(NEW YORK) -- Underwater creatures that have been dominating the oceans since before the dinosaurs roamed the earth have been causing quite a stir this summer w

Some swimmers are on high alert after another shark bite in Volusia County. That's the 6th bite in the county this year and the third in the month of July. 

Sharks are older than dinosaurs and even trees. Whats the secret to their long evolutionary success?

You know it’s summer when you start reading panicky headlines about the media sharks. This week alone we’ve been told that “megasharks” have grown to “insane sizes” and we’ve been warned that “the world’s deadliest sharks” are heading to the UK. Shark hysteria is all part of the silly season for certain sections of the media.

Recent shark attacks in Long Island, New York and on the east coast of the United States could be sand tiger sharks chasing fish, but mistakenly biting humans.