One U.S. state accounted for 17% of all unprovoked bites globally last year ...

Florida recorded the highest number of shark encounters in the U.S. as global shark attack deaths increased in 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shark attacks, particularly of the fatal variety, rose in 2025. According to the latest findings from the Florida Museum’s ...

Shark attacks worldwide increased in 2025 with 65 unprovoked bites recorded globally, while fatalities doubled above the ...

For the second year in a row, New Jersey had no shark bites off its coast. Swimmers elsewhere were not so lucky.

More shark bites were reported in the U.S. last year than anywhere else in the world, but white sharks were some of the biggest killers in one country.

Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number of people bitten by the apex ocean predators, compared to 2024. The International ...

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Great white shark charges in South Africa. (Chris Perkins via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number ...

Shark attacks, particularly of the fatal variety, rose in 2025. According to the latest findings from the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File, last year saw an uptick in shark attack ...