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Surfer Killed by 'Massive' Shark at Sydney Beach

Witnesses say victim lost both legs in attack

(Newser) - A shark fatally mauled a man in his 50s at a beach near Sydney, Australia, and area beaches were closed on Saturday as drones searched for the predator, authorities said. Emergency crews were dispatched to Long Reef Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches shortly after 10am local time Saturday, responding...

Shark Bites 8-Year-Old Off Florida Keys

Boy was reportedly spearfishing when he was bitten above the knee

(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark off Key Largo, Florida, on Monday, losing a "significant amount of blood." The boy was spearfishing with his father and a sibling a few miles from Horseshoe Reef around 3:30pm when he was bitten on the leg above the...

Shark Attack Severely Injures US Tourist in the Bahamas

63-year-old man was spearfishing

(Newser) - An American tourist was seriously injured in a shark attack while spearfishing in the Bahamas over the weekend, reports Fox News . The 63-year-old man, who has not been identified, was first treated at a local clinic before being flown back to the US for additional care. He was spearfishing...

Shark Bites Florida Surfer
Shark Bites Florida Surfer
Jul 8, 2025 3:00 AM CDT

Shark Bites Florida Surfer

Man is expected to recover, and his mom says he will surf again

(Newser) - A shark bit the arm of a 40-year-old man as he surfed at Florida's New Smyrna Beach Sunday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Matt Bender of Winter Park, who WFTV says is "well-known" in the local surfing community, underwent surgery and was expected to recover—and surf again...

9-Year-Old Survives Shark Attack in Florida

Leah Lendel's hand had to be reconstructed following bite off Florida

(Newser) - A 9-year-old girl has survived a terrifying shark encounter off Florida and remarkably retains the use of her right hand despite that it was "mostly torn off," per Gulf Coast News . Leah Lendel was snorkeling off Boca Grande, about 4 feet from her mother, on Wednesday when she...

Man Swimming With Sharks Killed in Rare Attack in Israel

Remains found of missing man along Israeli shore after beachgoers ignored safety warnings

(Newser) - Israeli police have found the remains of a swimmer who vanished in the Mediterranean Sea after heading out into the water near a gathering of sharks. The incident occurred on Monday at a beach in Hadera, and Israeli authorities closed that beach and others nearby following the apparent attack,...

Surfer on Holiday Killed by Shark
Surfer on Holiday
Killed by Shark
Mar 12, 2025 3:00 AM CDT

Surfer on Holiday Killed by Shark

37-year-old's body has not been recovered in Australia

(Newser) - A surfer was killed by a shark being described as "massive" Monday in Western Australia. Steven Payne, 37, of Melbourne was in the area with his partner and dog as part of a six-month traveling holiday, the Canberra Times reports. He was surfing at the remote Wharton Beach when...

Sharks Kill One Russian Diver, a Second Apparently Drowns

Undercurrents sweep away a group of five in Philippines

(Newser) - Two Russian tourists died when they were swept away by undercurrents while scuba diving in waters south of Manila, with one believed to have drowned and the other attacked by sharks, a Philippine coast guard official said Friday. Two other Russian tourists managed to swim back safely to their dive...

Tourist Tries to Get Shark in Photo, Loses Both Hands

Canadian woman, 55, was in Turks and Caicos

(Newser) - A woman vacationing in the Turks and Caicos Islands lost both of her hands to a shark while trying to photograph it, reports the Telegraph . The woman, identified only as a 55-year-old from Canada, "attempted to engage with the animal" to take pictures while in shallow water on the...

US Tourists Injured by Apparent Shark in Bahamas

They're back in US, with one to undergo surgery on her leg

(Newser) - Two American tourists have been injured in a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas. The women were swimming in waters off Bimini, the Bahamas' westernmost district about 50 miles east of Miami, around 6:30pm Friday when they sustained injuries to the lower body, ABC News reports. They were treated...

Shark Kills Teen in 'Cruel Twist of Fate'

17-year-old Australian girl was a 'skilled lifesaver and someone who knew the ocean well'

(Newser) - In what her swim club calls a "cruel and unfathomable twist of fate," a 17-year-old girl was killed in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia on Monday. Charlize Zmuda was attacked while swimming at Woorim Beach, a popular surf spot on Bribie Island, CBS News reports. She was...

Surfer Vanishes, Believed Killed by Shark

Witness saw a shark attack the 28-year-old man off South Australia on Thursday

(Newser) - A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared, per the AP . The 28-year-old was in the sea at a popular surf beach in South Australia where another man was killed by a...

Youth Pastor Killed in Shark Attack
Youth Pastor Killed
in Shark Attack
Dec 30, 2024 1:25 PM CST

Youth Pastor Killed in Shark Attack

Australian man had been spearfishing with his family

(Newser) - An Australian youth pastor was killed Saturday in the country's first fatal shark attack of the year. Luke Walford, 40, had been spearfishing with his family near Humpy Island, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, the BBC reports. He died a year to the day after a...

Shark 'Completely Severs' Hawaiian Surfer's Leg

Man taken to hospital in critical condition

(Newser) - A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when a shark bit him, the AP reports. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His right...

Florida Surfer Survives 2 Shark Attacks at Same Beach

Incidents were 11 years apart

(Newser) - Cole Taschman was 16 the first time a shark attacked him at Bathtub Beach in front of his parents' house in Stuart, Florida. He survived the 2013 incident—as well as a second shark attack, which took place at the same beach 11 years later. While surfing last Friday, Taschman,...

Woman Swimming Alongside Catamaran Attacked by Shark

The 30-year-old German tourist died as a result of the attack off the Canary Islands

(Newser) - A German tourist who was sailing in a British catamaran off Spain's Canary Islands is dead following a shark attack while she was swimming. CBS News reports the 30-year-old had been in the water next to the catamaran when the shark bit off one of her legs on Monday....

A Year After Shark Took Her Leg, She's in Paralympics

Swimmer Ali Truwit was snorkeling days after graduating Yale when shark attacked her

(Newser) - The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her fear of the one place she'd always felt safe—the water. Having just graduated Yale, she and a friend were snorkeling off Turks and Caicos on May 24, 2023, when a shark charged and bit Truwit's lower left...

Great White Severs Surfer's Right Leg

Kai McKenzie's limb washed ashore in Australia and was put on ice

(Newser) - A 23-year-old Australian surfer had his right leg severed in a shark attack on Tuesday, with the leg later washing up on shore. The BBC reports Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales when what was thought to be a 10-foot-long great white attacked. A...

Teen in Lifeguard Training Has Run-In With a Shark

Boy, 14, bitten by shark while doing water entries in Florida's Volusia County

(Newser) - A shark bit a Florida teen on the leg during a lifeguard training camp on Monday morning, officials said. The attack occurred near the Ponce Inlet lifeguard tower shortly before noon, Volusia County Beach Safety officials said, per the AP . The 14-year-old boy had been practicing water entries when he...

Shark Bites 4 People Off Texas Beach

The Fourth was not a good day to be at the beach in South Padre Island

(Newser) - A single shark is believed to have left four people injured off the coast of Texas in a rare Fourth of July event. Police in South Padre Island, a beach town on the barrier island of the same name just north of the US-Mexico border, were called about "a...

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