New research suggests social media stunts like touching sharks are leading to more defensive bites—and hurting conservation ...

Nearly 100 days into life at sea, the crew finds themselves camped on a remote speck of sand in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. Surrounded by pristine waters and unspoiled coral, they dive for ...

A new study finds that about 5% of shark bites in French Polynesia occurred after humans provoked the animals, typically by ...

French scientists have attributed the spike in shark attacks to selfie-taking influencers encouraging tourists to pet the ...

Many shark bites are acts of self-defense triggered by human actions like spearfishing or handling. Respecting sharks' space ...

Sharks are often perceived as the ultimate beasts, an image largely imposed on them by the media. Yet, shark bites are ...

Most incidents involved smaller species like grey reef sharks, lemon sharks, blacktip reef sharks, and nurse sharks. This trend is fueled by viral social media content, where influencers and even ...

Shark researchers at Florida Atlantic University say, perhaps with a bit of sarcasm, that they’ve captured what just might be the first incident of a shark “photobombing” another shark, and it all ...

“People know the difference between a [Yorkshire terrier] and a pit bull, whereas they don’t know the difference between a blacktip reef shark and a bull shark, which are their marine ...

This rare footage gives us a shark’s-eye view of the interactions between these two very different kinds of sharks.” ...

Knowing your coastal sharks is important, too. For some species, such as the territorial-minded gray reef shark, a human merely intruding into their space is likely to trigger their survival ...

“People know the difference between a [Yorkshire terrier] and a pit bull, whereas they don’t know the difference between a blacktip reef shark and a bull shark, which are their marine equivalents,” he ...