A mellow boat trip escalated pretty rapidly after a shark dragged an Ozzie woman into the water by nibbling on her finger.
Shaquille O’Neal is a very large man, but what would happen if he was swept up in a tornado above Los Angeles? Let’s find out.
Although scientists always knew that Greenland sharks could live to a ripe old age, new technology has helped them discover just how old.
Cocos Island National Park, off the coast of Costa Rica, is one of the world’s premier diving destinations. Now it’s in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Most of us aren’t all that keen to share our swim with a tiger shark, which is why this drone footage is being shared far and wide. Do these swimmers even know?
It’s that time of the year when we talk sharks in the Mother City, and we can thank the Yellowtail for this latest warning.
After a series of shocking videos surfaced, each featuring familiar culprits torturing sharks, a host of Florida locals have taken to naming and shaming. Take a look at what they did.
Great white sharks are one of the ocean’s most respected predators (unless you’re an orca), but how would they handle going up against Phelps? Now we know.
Yesterday’s J-Bay Open was once again interrupted by a shark appearance, and there must have been a few uneasy moments for familiar foe Mick Fanning.
South Africa’s premier surf competition was called off for the day after a shark was spotted breaching beyond the break. Also, Jordy Smith is an absolute machine.
He might be the most decorated Olympian of all time, but experts aren’t giving Michael Phelps much of a chance against our apex predator.
It’s not a very good time to be a great white off the coast of the Western Cape at present, with a number of sharks washing ashore. Orcas are on the prowl.
This week alone there has been two great white shark carcases washing up close to Gansbaai – one as large as five metres – and they may have been prey themselves.
You don’t become the ocean’s apex predator without being a pretty adept hunter, something these tourists in Gansbaai know all about.
There’s a certain peace of mind that comes with swimming at a Cape Town beach where the Shark Spotters team keeps watch, and this season they’ve really stepped things up to provide the best service possible.
We’ve seen a shark in Mexico actually enter a cage with a diver in, and now the same island location has seen another pretty intense encounter.
Mick Fanning may have delivered a punch in order to save his bacon, but this guy decided a broom was all he needed to fend off a rather large shark.
Keen for a little shark cage dive over the weekend? This video might just put you off those plans, and spare a thought for the chap inside.
If you’re a fan of splashing around at the beach during the summer this should be good news, the city ramping up efforts to protect swimmers from sharks.
I’ve never been in the water when a shark has been spotted, let alone a great white enjoying a full breach. I imagine these guys were a little rattled.
You won’t find me in open water with a speargun in my hand, but that may have been exactly what saved the life of Californian Tyler McQuillen.
Us humans have done pretty well once we tick into the three digit age group, but for one species of shark that’s basically the teenage years.
I’d like to go on the record and say I apportion no blame to this poor Ozzie bloke, because even the best of us would be pretty freaked out by this.
I think you know where your money should be when it comes to this battle, but we won’t spoil the fun and give away the ending.
Most of us who take a plunge now and again don’t want to come face to face with the ocean’s apex predator. Turns out we might get our wish.
Dylan Puttergill has quite the story to tell, the youngster attacked whilst surfing in a popular Wild Coast spot.
Protests of various sorts have dominated much of our local news these past few years, but I don’t remember seeing a collective effort 10m under the sea.
As our sharks’ natural prey gathers closer to the shore so do they, which has prompted the NSRI to issue a strongly-worded warning.
Jet skis are pretty fun to zoom around on, but if you come across a denizen of the deep you shouldn’t really antagonise them.
Taking on one shark is hard enough, but when 70 come together and the water turns blood red all hell breaks loose.