The waters of the Gulf of Mexico are often favored for their warm temperature, attracting tourists throughout the summer ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

I thought I knew what to expect: A calm swim, maybe a glimpse of a fin slicing through turquoise water. But nothing prepared ...

Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there's one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators. "Great whites, when we catch them, they're ...

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

Here is a rundown of the world’s deadliest sharks – and where you are most likely to encounter them.

The Swiss tourist who miraculously survived an attack by a three-metre bull shark has returned home to be with his family ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- 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 ...

A new study led by University of South Florida biologist Lucas Griffin has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely violate Mexico's whale shark tourism rules—even when the waters are far less ...

Sharks of every size, shape and lifestyle apparentlt all follow the same fundamental geometric rule. So, what else in nature ...

Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with ...