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Great white sharks are one of the most famous sea creatures, yet a key detail about their lives remains a mystery.
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Great white sharks are one of the most famous sea creatures, yet a key detail about their lives remains a mystery.
The shark bit the surfer's leg, EMS said, adding that it "administered life-saving treatment."
All evidence points to "Port" and "Starboard," an infamous pair of killer whales spotted nearby only three days earlier.
The man who taped a chaotic shark feeding frenzy off the coast of Venice, Louisiana, said he'd "never seen anything like it."
The family of Diego Barría recognized his remains due to a tattoo that was visible, officials said.
While none of Florida's 16 unprovoked attacks were fatal, two resulted in amputations, according to the report.
Video captured the scary moment a shark lunged at and bit an 8-year-old boy during a family fishing trip in Australia. It resulted in only a minor bite mark.
The hand-sized tooth is believed to have belonged to an ancient "transoceanic superpredator" shark that was three times the size of a great white.
A 12-year-old boy made the catch of the day about a mile off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday. He caught a great white shark during a fishing trip with his mom. It took about 45 minutes to reel in the estimated 700-pound shark, which is a protected species, and was immediately released back into the ocean.
A shark led a kayaker on nearly a 2-mile journey off the coast of Cambutal, Panama, after it caught on to his bait and towed him.
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"You're more likely to be bitten by a New Yorker," one expert said.
The man was "very lucky" to have survived, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
The beach is now closed for at least 48 hours under the city of Del Mar's shark bite protocol.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men whose fishing boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast -- "just in the nick of time," as they fended off sharks in the water. CBS News' Lana Zak and Lilia Luciano have the story.
A Coast Guard boat crew saw two of the people fending off sharks, and both of them had injured hands.
"Two in one area is almost unheard of," one expert on South Africa's great white shark population tells CBS News.
The "once-in-a-lifetime experience" sent those on board scrambling as the "big mako" thrashed around on deck.
The woman was a passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and had been snorkeling on an "independent shore excursion," a spokesperson for the cruise line said.
A new climate report card paints a grim future if emissions aren't reduced: "Climate change is rewiring marine ecosystems at an alarming rate."
The bites occurred at South Carolina's most popular beach.
A Long Island lifeguard is recovering after being attacked by a shark during a training exercise. He is said to be in "very good spirits." CBS New York's Thalia Perez reports.
Every year, the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are sliced from the backs of the majestic sea predators.
The influencer, popularly known by her online pseudonym Tizi, faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. China lists great whites as protectedd.
The Buffalo supermarket where 10 Black people were killed two months ago is formally reopening Friday. With COVID cases and hospitalizations rising, the Los Angeles County health director is warning that an indoor mask mandate could be brought back in two weeks. And, for the fifth time in two weeks, a shark has bitten someone on a Long Island, New York beach. All the injuries have been non-life threatening.
Polish and allied NATO warplanes shot down Russian drones that entered Poland's airspace in what NATO says was the first such intervention during the war in Ukraine.
President Trump said Tuesday he's "very unhappy" after Israel's military targeted members of Hamas in Qatar's capital of Doha.
President Trump has said he is firing Cook from her role over allegations she made false representations on mortgage agreements several years ago.
Democrat James Walkinshaw will defeat Republican Stewart Whitson in a Northern Virginia special House election to pick Rep. Gerry Connolly's successor, the Associated Press projects.
President Trump ordered the FDA to enforce rules on direct-to-consumer drug ads, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report on the administration's approach to healthy outcomes for children and families.
In August, the Pentagon offered full military funeral honors to Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt, after denying her family's request for the honor in 2021.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will decide whether President Trump can impose his most sweeping tariffs.
The Justice Department charged the suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
When President Trump ate at a Washington restaurant to promote his federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, he was greeted by protesters inside but cheers outside.