Australia is well-known for its headlines involving dangerous animals. However, in recent months, Sydney has been in the news ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Brad Smith, 29, was surfing off Gracetown, Western Australia when he was ambushed by two great white ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are manifold reasons why recorded shark encounters are rising in Australia's oceans - but fatalities are relatively rare ...

A 12-year-old mauled by a shark in Australia’s Sydney Harbour has been identified as Nico Antic, with a family friend saying the boy had suffered “devastating injuries”. Antic was attacked on Sunday ...

A man was killed in a shark attack Sunday morning at a beach in Western Australia. The 55-year-old was pulled from the water with serious injuries and treated by police before paramedics arrived.

More shark bites were reported in the U.S. last year than anywhere else in the world, but white sharks were some of the biggest killers in one country.

A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark Tuesday in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia's most populous state in three days.The shark attacked the man's surfboard at Point ...

Coffs Harbour, Australia — It was just before noon when Nathaniel Woodcock returned to the beach with fresh batteries for his drone. It was the height of the Australian summer, and the 21-year-old was ...

Shark attacks turned deadlier in 2025 — with fatalities spiking 125% worldwide, a new study shows. There were 65 unprovoked bites and nine deaths from those encounters with the toothsome predator, ...

Shark attacks worldwide increased in 2025 with 65 unprovoked bites recorded globally, while fatalities doubled above the decade average according to researchers.