When a Monterey County woman died in a shark attack off Pacific Grove in late December, it was the 17th such fatality in 75 years off the coast of California.

Beneath the waves are millions of dangerous sea creatures – and they exist on every continent, from Oceania to Asia and Central America. We’ve ranked the top 20, in order of their deadliness to humans ...

Three attacks in two days are the latest in a fourfold increase in shark bites along the NSW coast in recent years.

The capture of a massive bull shark off Sydney Harbour has added fresh urgency to warnings that large sharks are active along ...