A brush fire burned on Padre Island just south of the Beach Club Condos near Whitecap and Leeward on Friday night.
Contender, a 1,653-pound great white shark, tracked by OCEARCH, pinged again off the Florida coast on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.
The latest report from the International Shark Attack File shows a significant drop in unprovoked shark bites, reinforcing that these incidents are anomalies rather than the norm.
There were a total of 28 reported shark bites in the U.S. last year, with half of them happening off of Florida, according to ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has detained 11 Mexican fishers for illegally catching 1,350 pounds of red snapper and nine sharks in ...
Worldwide, there were only 47 unprovoked attacks, down 22 from the previous year and well below the 10-year average of 70.
U.S. Coast Guard crews intercepted four Mexican boats fishing illegally in federal waters off the coast of Texas, detaining all 11 fishermen and over 1,600 pounds of fish.
There were 88 total shark attacks recorded across 2024 by the International Shark Attack File, with 47 being "unprovoked" incidents. Just nine of these attacks happened in Australia, and there were no ...
2024 was an exceptionally calm year for shark bites, with only 47 unprovoked attacks recorded around the globe.
The United States continues to be the most likely country in which to get bitten by a shark, according to the annual ...
Florida made up half of those bites, with eight in Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach. The county is unofficially known as the shark bite capital of the world. Many bites there were likely from ...