Sharks
The latest news on sharks. While attacks by animals are rare, when it does happen, it's news. With the rise of social media, more and more events like attacks and encounters with animals are documented and almost immediately go viral. When that happens, Newsweek is there to cover it.
How shark habits can help predict hurricanes
The way a shark responds to an approaching hurricane depends on the species, and experts are using the data to help predict hurricanes.
Are shark attacks rising? What the data shows
There were five shark attacks in New York in just two days over the recent Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Moment man comes face-to-face with 15ft tiger shark: "Maintain eye contact"
"It [was] humbling, awe-inspiring, empowering and exhilarating all at once," Bryan Leist told Newsweek.
Fisherman shocked after reeling in swordfish covered in strange round holes
"I have never seen an attack like that before in 40 years of doing this," Captain TK Walker told Newsweek.
Watch fishermen battle 8-foot shark for swordfish
"Quite often we will have sharks camped under the boat," Captain TK Walker told Newsweek.
Body of mutilated seal washes ashore after shark attack
The seal was discovered a day after a local uploaded a video of a shark attacking a sea creature at Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Great white sharks may be headed for new waters
The sharks migrate in search of prey or to flee warming temperatures.
"Intense" video shows huge sharks surrounding divers
"It is exhilarating and awe-inspiring to be in the water with these animals," shark researcher Mike Heithaus said.
Watch as nearly 50 sharks feast on dead humpback whale in feeding frenzy
The humpback was the fifth whale to be found dead in the surrounding area in the past week alone.
Millions of Baby Shark toys recalled after children impaled
In a press release, Zuru Toys said consumers who purchased the products should immediately stop using them and contact the company for a refund.
Dead shark washes up on beach hours after killer whale hunting spree
Great white sharks are an endangered species but human activity is a much bigger threat than killer whales, expert Dr. Enrico Gennari told Newsweek.
"Living fossil" deep-sea shark pregnant with six pups pulled from ocean
The goblin shark was accidentally caught using bottom trawling, and was going to be sold to a restaurant until the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum claimed it.
Orcas and sharks face to face once again off Cape Cod
Great white sharks are an apex predator of the seas but there is one animal that poses a threat to them: orca.
Shark that attacked and ate man in graphic video to be mummified
A man's head, shoulders and torso were found in the stomach of the tiger shark after local fishermen caught the creature and it was bludgeoned to death.
Prehistoric shark species from ancient marine ecosystem discovered
Researchers have identified 17 extinct shark and ray species that lived in the same ecosystem around 58 million to 56 million years ago.
Graphic videos show tiger shark's attack on man swimming in sea
The shark circled the Russian man before attacking him and dragging him under the water.
Great white shark lurks off coast of Long Island
The nearly 9-foot male juvenile shark named Jekyll, who was tagged in Georgia, is making his way north for the summer months.
Men spotted trying to ride 6-foot shark on Panama City beach
The internet was torn over pictures and videos of men sitting on a shark on a Florida beach.
Diver comes face to face with super rare sixgill shark in shocking video
"When the shark turned for the first time and started swimming directly at me I could feel my heart skip a beat," Garrett Clement told Newsweek.
Hammerhead shark over 10ft long filmed swimming in Texas shallow: "A giant"
"It was about 7 in the morning and I heard this big ol' splash behind me," Jason Schilling said.
Cameron Robbins video with possible shark in water viewed 10m times
The area where Cameron Robbins jumped off the cruise ship was described as a shark-infested location by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
Great white sharks filmed feasting on dolphin over Memorial Day weekend
Footage shows a flurry of shark fins surrounding a dolphin as they tear it apart.
Great white shark lurks off New Jersey coast
The shark, named Penny, was tagged by OCEARCH after making her way north from Carolina waters in recent weeks.
Mysterious Megalodon shark tooth necklace found at Titanic wreck
The necklace was discovered during an underwater scanning project that snapped 700,000 images of the Titanic wreck using submarines.
Great whites gather after famous Ironbound appears off South Carolina coast
The sharks belong to a population of Atlantic great whites that spend the winters in the south, then migrate along the East Coast to Canada.
Famous great white shark Ironbound spotted off U.S. coast again
The huge shark, which measures 12 foot, 4 inches, and weighs 1,189 pounds, was tracked swimming off the coast of South Carolina.
Huge fish spotted "impersonating a shark" near California
Mola mola are "unique-looking" creatures that weigh more than 2,000 pounds on average, making this species one of the world's heaviest bony fish.
Half of missing fisherman's body found after being eaten by sharks
Rescuers initially thought it was a bird on the water, but when they got close that they realized it was a human corpse.
Man captures video of shark attacking his kayak
"Tiger shark rammed me!" the kayak fisherman can be heard saying in the video after the shark lunged at him off the coast of Hawaii.
Huge great white shark Ironbound pinged off Georgia coast
Ironbound the great white shark was tagged by marine researchers at OCEARCH in 2019, and has swum over 15,000 miles in the four years since.
