Many of the closed beaches were in Sydney, the site of three of the attacks. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia Dozens of beaches in eastern Australia were closed on Tuesday, after four ...

A shark mauled a boy swimming in Sydney Harbor on Sunday, leaving him in a critical condition with serious leg injuries, authorities said, marking at least the third shark attack globally in less than ...

If there’s one thing that the annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival always delivers, it’s sheer range. The eighth iteration, running January 21 through February 1, features retellings ...

Authorities confirmed Thursday that Erica Fox, 55, a swimmer who was found dead last month after a swim in Monterey County, was killed by a shark. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner identified Fox ...

Erica Fox, 55, was killed in a shark attack off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove on Dec. 21, 2025, the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Jan. 8, 2026. Jean-Francois Vanreusel A Monterey County ...

After a shark attack injured one of their own nearly three years ago, members of the Kelp Krawlers — who swim weekly around Lovers Point in Monterey County — began searching for something that might ...

A New Zealand-based fishing site has shared footage showing a great white shark rising from the depths to attack what remained of a smaller hooked shark. “Up close and personal with the King of the ...

A surfer avoided injury after being attacked by a shark Monday morning at Marin County’s Dillon Beach, officials verified Tuesday. The attack occurred around 9 or 10 a.m. near the mouth of Tomales Bay ...

A missing swimmer in Monterey Peninsula was identified by eyewitnesses Monday as multiple area agencies continued, and then later suspended, their search on Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. Just after ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A woman swimming off the coast of Monterey Bay over the weekend vanished after witnesses say she may have ...

Given that the U.K.’s wolves and moose expired long ago, the country’s largest land predator today is, somewhat embarrassingly, the European badger. Other aggressive species include the horsefly, a ...

Authorities in Monterey County on Sunday night confirmed that two people reported seeing a possible shark before a swimmer disappeared off the coast of Pacific Grove earlier that day. Just after noon, ...