A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. [1] Despite their rarity, [2] [3] [4] [5] many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series.

2024年11月2日 · A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and authorities say.

In honor of Shark Week 2021, we have completed a dashboard of global shark attacks by white, tiger and bull sharks from 1990 to 2020. These three species are implicated in most of the shark attacks that result in death or major injuries.

2024年2月5日 · Ten people died from unprovoked shark attacks globally in 2023, a slight uptick over the five-year average, according to a Florida-based database that tracks the rare events.

2024年6月27日 · The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File investigated 120 alleged shark-human interactions worldwide in 2023. ISAF confirmed 69 unprovoked shark bites on humans and 22 provoked bites.

The Global Shark Attack File (GSAF) and the Shark Research Institute (SRI) exist to help protect sharks. The GSAF is the preeminent source of trustworthy, factual information about shark/human interactions.

2024年12月29日 · A shark attack in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam has killed one foreigner and injured another, Egypt’s Ministry of Environment said in a statement Sunday. The attack occurred in...

2024年6月4日 · Shark attacks have been reported across large portions of the U.S. coastline over the past year, with the highest number of incidents occurring in Florida and Hawaii.