Larger species, like the bull shark, are particularly dangerous. The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), often seen in Florida, is known for causing about 16 percent of shark bites on surfers ...

director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, in a statement. Many of the Florida bites were likely from blacktip sharks, which occupy breeding grounds that stretch along the northeast ...

often called the shark bite capital of the world. Many of these bites were likely from juvenile blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus), which are still learning to distinguish between humans and ...

The statistics are grim: up to 100 million sharks are killed each year, 73 million for their fins to service this demand, taking one in three shark species to the brink of extinction. Since 1972, in ...

The team also identified changes from year to year. During the studied period, for instance, hammerhead shark, blacktip shark and ragged-tooth shark sightings increased; tiger shark sightings were ...

The team also identified changes from year to year. During the studied period, for instance, hammerhead shark, blacktip shark and ragged-tooth shark sightings increased; tiger shark sightings were ...

Many of the shark bites in Volusia County were likely from juvenile blacktip sharks. Young sharks probably do not yet distinguish well between humans and their natural prey, such as fish ...

The county is unofficially known as the shark bite capital of the world. Many bites there were likely from juvenile and breeding blacktip sharks, which don’t yet have the ability to distinguish ...