Sharks have ruled the oceans for over 450 million years, yet no creature on Earth triggers quite the same primal fear in humans. From the moment Jaws hit theaters in 1975, our collective imagination ...

A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday while beachgoers watched in horror. Boats and helicopters searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth's northern ...

With flowers and photos, more than a thousand people gather at Sorrento beach to remember the shark attack victim.

Sharks need all the help they can get, as do numerous other animals, and Shark Attacks: Myths, Misunderstandings and Human Fear will go a long way toward giving sharks the protection they need in an ...

A TOURIST has been mauled by a shark in a savage attack during a dolphin excursion. The Austrian woman, 37, sustained serious injuries when the predator sank its teeth into her right leg in the ...

Many sharks, including the white shark and mako shark, do not have eyelids, but when attacking prey, they roll their eyeballs backward into their sockets as a protective measure, exposing a tough ...

The man was bitten by a shark at Sorrento Beach in Western Australia on Friday, Sept. 18 Getty A swimmer was killed in a shark attack off Sorrento Beach in Western Australia on the morning of Friday, ...

Surfing off Western Australia's coast, firefighter Mel Ismail says he locked eyes with the shark that tore off his lower ...

Editor's note: The full version of this story was originally published in 2016 as part of a series related to Shark Week that year. As we start to anticipate this year's Shark Week in July (start the ...

Shark attack survivor Mel Ismail has spoken publicly for the first time since his leg was severed while surfing on the Australian west coast in September ...