Woman ‘loses both hands’ in shark attack after she tried to take a photo of it
A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack in the Caribbean after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo. The Canadian woman, named locally as Nathalie Ross, 55, was attacked in shallow waters off Thompson’s Cove Beach on the Turks and Caicos Islands at around 10.30am on February 7.
2 friends injured in shark attack in the Bahamas speak out
Rileigh Decker and Summer Layman had jumped off their friend's boat in Bimini Bay together on Friday and were swimming back when the attack occurred.
Tourist pursues shark for photo and it attacks her off Caribbean island, officials say
A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after she was attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark for a photo, according to investigators.
2 American tourists injured in apparent shark attack in the Bahamas
Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.
U.S. tourists injured in shark attack in the Bahamas: ‘It destroyed my leg’
Two American tourists were injured in what officials are saying is a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas. The two women were swimming in Bimini Bay at about 6:30 p.m. Friday when the incident occurred,
Shark attacks fall to 28-year-low in 2024
While sharks might have a fearsome reputation, the chances of being bitten by one are incredibly low. In 2024, just 47 people ...
Shark attacks — and fatalities — dropped in 2024. Here's where most unprovoked bites occurred.
The number of shark attacks, including deadly bites, dropped substantially worldwide in 2024, according to a new report.
33% of Shark Attacks Involved Surfers in 2024; Here’s Why
According to an urban wildlife expert at UC Berkeley, an estimated 100 to 125 coyotes live in San Francisco. Florida once ...
Shark attacks declined sharply in 2024. It’s not clear why
Unprovoked attacks by sharks declined sharply in 2024, according to new figures from an international database compiled by ...
Dramatic Change In Number Of Shark Attacks In 2024, According To ISAF
The latest International Shark Attack File on the number of human and shark encounters in 2024 is encouraging reading for ...
Teen Kayaker Films Great White Shark Chasing Him as He Paddles to Escape: 'Don’t Attack Me, Bro'
Matt Wells, 19, was recently fishing alone near Cape Rēinga when he encountered the great white shark, according to The New Zealand Herald . Using his fishing camera, which he also records YouTube ...
Shark attacks dropped worldwide last year, Florida museum reports
The United States continues to be the most likely country in which to get bitten by a shark, according to the annual ...
Florida again shark attack capital of the world with most shark bites in 2024. Here's where
Florida is once again tops in the world for the number of unprovoked shark bites, even as the overall number of attacks declined in 2024. An annual report by the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) ...
Shark attacks: US led the world in 2024. Where else does danger lurk in the water?
"exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. See where the fatal attacks happened.