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Shark Attack Fatalities Spiked Last Year

But no deaths occurred in US: new report

(Newser) - Shark attack deaths saw a significant spike last year, reaching their highest number in almost 20 years. None of the deaths, however, occurred in the US, which has seen decreasing shark attack numbers in recent years. A new report tallies 75 shark attacks around the world in 2011, and notes... More »

Shark Kills Another Swimmer on 'Most Dangerous Beach'

6th victim in 6 years in South African spot

(Newser) - Yet another swimmer has been killed by a shark on a South Africa beach considered the most dangerous in the world. The victim this time was a 25-year-old swimmer who was standing up to his waist in water at a beach in Port St. John's. The shark nearly severed... More »

Scientists Find Dozens of New Hybrid Sharks

The animals are the first hybrid sharks in the world

(Newser) - Shark Week will have some new additions this year: Scientists found the first hybrid sharks in the world—57 of them—off the coast of Australia. The animals are a cross between the Australian blacktip shark and the common blacktip shark, and their existence may show that sharks are adapting... More »

Why Aussie Sharks Are Attacking

They're probably after whales, not human flesh

(Newser) - Australia has seen a slew of shark attack deaths lately, with three killed in the past two months, giving rise to fears that a “rogue shark” has developed a taste for human flesh, and is now relentlessly attacking Jaws-style. But that’s preposterous, scientists assure LiveScience . “The chance... More »

Fisherman Nabs Cyclops Shark

But creature likely wouldn't have survived outside of womb

(Newser) - I've got my eye on you, cyclops shark. But you appear to be the real thing—or so say experts who have examined the one-eyed creature cut from the belly of a pregnant shark hooked out of the Gulf of California on a sport fishing expedition. "This is... More »

Oregon Man Surfs on Shark 's Back

Collision leaves man briefly atop great white shark

(Newser) - A surfer off the Oregon coast briefly rode the waves on the back of a great white shark—and lived to tell the tale. Doug Niblack says he was on his longboard when he hit something hard and suddenly found himself standing on the back of a thrashing shark he... More »

Aussie Dies After Shark Bites Off Legs

Officials still searching for killer shark, bodyboarder's limbs

(Newser) - An Australian bodyboarder met a gruesome end today when a shark attacked, biting off his legs and killing him as some 30 other surfers lingered in the water in western Australia. Authorities closed the beach near Dunsborough immediately, and are still searching for the shark, reports the AP. "We... More »

Great White Shark Spotted Among San Diego Surfers?

Tourists hope for a picture as surfers brave the waves

(Newser) - Last week's shark sighting in San Diego wasn't an isolated occurrence: There have been three confirmed sightings in the past week, and CBS 8 has a pretty insane picture that, at least one expert confirms, shows a shark swimming in the waves alongside surfers. A lifeguard, on the... More »

Russia Bans Swimming After Shark Attacks

Attacks on humans unprecedented in the reason

(Newser) - Russian authorities have warned people against swimming along 840 miles of Pacific coastline and banned it altogether in one popular vacation area, after a pair of unprecedented shark attacks. On Wednesday, a 25-year-old man lost both his hands in an attack, while yesterday a 16-year-old boy had his legs severely... More »

Seychelles Shark Kills Honeymooner

Second attack in 2 weeks shakes Indian Ocean nation

(Newser) - A rogue shark is stalking the Seychelles, authorities fear. After nearly 50 years with no fatal shark attacks, two people have been killed in the space of two weeks, the Telegraph reports. A French diver was killed earlier this month, and a 30-year-old British man on his honeymoon died yesterday... More »

Scientists Find Inflatable Shark, 300 New Species

Treasure trove of strange new creatures discovered by scientists

(Newser) - No, it's not a pool toy. Researchers have discovered a new species of inflatable shark, along with more than 300 other previously unknown varieties of creatures dwelling in the Philippines. Among the finds: the shrimp-eating shark that fills itself with water to inflate and scare off predators; dozens of... More »

Shark Jaw Found in Kentucky Mine

It's from a shark comparable to a great white, experts say

(Newser) - A large 300-million-year-old shark jawbone was discovered in February in a place you might not expect: a Kentucky mine. Jay Wright was 700 feet underground, adding supports to a roof in the Dotiki Mine, when a rock fell and he saw "a bunch of teeth" above him. He pulled... More »

Shark Attacks Aussie Wakeboarder

She was mauled after falling off wakeboard, but is stable

(Newser) - In Australia today, a woman fell off the wakeboard she was riding in Nelson Bay—and was promptly attacked by a shark. The 24-year-old suffered head, neck, and arm injuries, but is in stable condition, the AP reports. The driver of the speedboat that had been towing her wakeboard brought... More »

Congress Protects Sharks Against 'Finning'

Measure bans hunt to satisfy Asia's taste for soup

(Newser) - Both the House and Senate have approved new protections for sharks, effectively outlawing the practice of "finning"—in which the shark is killed for its fin and the rest of the body discarded, reports the Washington Post . Thanks to big demand for shark fin soup in Asia, the... More »

Drunk Man Kills Shark, Saves Egyptian Beach Resort

Blacked-out Serbian hailed as a hero

(Newser) - A Serbian man is being hailed as a hero after killing—accidentally—a shark that had been terrorizing an Egyptian resort town . Dragan Stevic was black-out drunk when he vanquished the predator that has killed one beachgoer and injured four. He went with friends to the beach after a long... More »

US Shark Experts Called to Deadly Egypt Beaches

American researchers to decide when it's safe to go back in the water

(Newser) - Egypt's tourist authorities have called in a trio of American experts after a series of shark attacks that marine biologists have likened to the plot of Jaws. Four tourists were mauled last week and another one was killed after authorities declared beaches in the Sharm el-Sheikh area safe. Authorities say... More »

Why Was Dangerous Shark Beach Reopened?

Authorities accused of ignoring warnings they caught the wrong shark

(Newser) - Critics claim Egyptian authorities were warned that they may have caught the wrong shark after four people were attacked last week—but they reopened the beach anyway, only to see a tourist killed yesterday. The 70-year-old German woman was killed while snorkeling just one day after the waters at Sharm... More »

Shark Attack, Fifth in a Week, Claims Red Sea Tourist

German woman dies after arm is torn off

(AP) - A shark tore the arm off an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, killing her almost immediately, security and diving officials said today, only days after sharks badly mauled four other European tourists in the waters. The German woman was swimming in the waters off Sharm el-Sheik,... More »

Egypt Hunts Shark After Tourists Savaged

Red Sea beaches closed after swimmers lose limbs

(Newser) - Egypt has closed beaches in the Sharm el-Sheik resort area while it hunts a shark that savaged three Russian tourists and a Ukrainian. The shark attacked swimmers near a Red Sea beach on Tuesday, biting both of one tourist's arms off, the Telegraph reports. Another tourist had to be resuscitated... More »

Sailor Found Inside Shark

Man disappeared off Bahamas beach where Jaws sequel was filmed

(Newser) - Bahamas sailor Judson Newton ended up in a tiger shark's belly after a boating trip to Jaws Beach, authorities say. Newton, 43, and a friend vanished late last month after trying to swim to shore when their boat experienced engine trouble off the beach where Jaws: The Revenge was filmed,... More »

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