Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California hit a scary shark-related record in 2025, according to data provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

A surfer is reflecting after a terrifying shark attack near a major American city. Jens Heller was near Montara State Beach in California when he says a shark approached and took a bite out of his ...

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and weirder the animals look. One such example is the viper dogfish, a small, ...

Despite what you may think, shark attacks are actually very rare. In 2013, the U.S. saw a grand total of 53 unprovoked shark attacks, with only two of those reports resulting in a fatality. The truth ...

When I was a little boy growing up in Pittsburgh, hundreds of miles from the ocean, the only sharks I ever saw were at the aquarium or on my TV. These early images helped inspire me to become a shark ...

HYPOLUXO, Fla. —- Wildlife officials are trying to figure out exactly how a shark got into the swimming pool at a South Florida condo complex. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Florida Fish ...

Our collective fear of sharks is so great there's a word for it: galeophobia. A combination of the Greek words for shark, "galeos," and fear, "phobos," the condition can induce feelings of anxiety, ...