shark attack

The woman killed in Maine’s first known deadly shark attack Monday has been identified as a 63-year-old woman from New York City who had a summer home in the community. The Maine Department of Marine Resources on Tuesday identified the woman as Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63. She was attacked by a great white shark, authorities said Tuesday. “It is tragic…

A woman has died in what authorities in Maine are describing as an apparent shark attack. A witness said the woman was swimming “when she was injured in what appeared to be a shark attack,” according to a statement from the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Kayakers in the area took her to shore, where paramedics were called. But she…

A community is in mourning after a surfer died in a shark attack two miles south of Santa Cruz on Saturday.

A two-mile stretch of Moonlight Beach in Encinitas was closed Wednesday following reports of a swimmer bitten by a shark.

A 21-year-old woman from Torrance was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas, the woman’s family said Wednesday.

A Northern California man who died after being attacked by a shark while swimming in Hawaii was pulled ashore missing a leg, according to a witness.

Surfer Mick Fanning, the three-time world champion known as “White Lightning,” ended his 17-season career Wednesday, riding his last competitive wave at the Rip Pro Curl Bells Beach in Australia. In what was supposed to be a storybook retirement for the 36-year-old veteran, Fanning was unable to best the young Brazilian Italo Ferreira on the final wave of the day...

A woman vividly recalled the painful sensation of “piercing teeth” as a shark clamped down on the right side of her body.

A kayaker was dangling his foot in the water when he was bitten by a 10-foot hammerhead shark north of Malibu’s Zuma Beach on Saturday, his friend said.