In a chaotic and distressing year, books provided a respite, a chance to commune with works of coherent voice and vision.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818 ...

Swimmers are being urged to remain vigilant by local authorities after the victim's surfboard was left punctured with tooth ...

A surfer was attacked by a shark in the water at North Salmon Creek in California on Friday, Dec. 12, according to the Sonoma ...

The surfer was paddling in the water off North Salmon Creek, roughly 300 yards from shore, about 8 a.m. Friday when a shark ...

Critics say the nets harm marine life and aren’t the best way to keep swimmers safe. Recent shark attacks have complicated a ...

Witness Mick Fanning's dramatic shark encounter during a live broadcast. Peter Greene, actor known for 'Pulp Fiction' and ...

Under slate skies last Sunday, I joined about 2,000 people gazing out on a turbulent sea and preparing to participate in an ...

A shark attack off Australia's east coast has killed a woman and seriously injured a man. Police say the attack happened Thursday morning at a beach in Crowdy Bay, north of Sydney.

A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia's east coast Thursday, police said. Experts say a shark rarely attacks ...

Authorities say a shark killed a woman and seriously wounded another swimmer at an Australian national park MELBOURNE, Australia -- A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early ...

A woman has been named as the victim of a fatal shark attack in Australia as her boyfriend, who fought to save her, remains in critical condition.