Great White Sharks
Great White Shark Facts
The world’s largest known predatory fish, the Great White Shark is also known by a host of other names like the White Pointer, White Shark and White Death.
Marine Biologist Fought Off Shark Who Returned to Kill Him
The search has been called off for the remains of a marine biologist killed by a great white shark Wednesday off the southern coast of Australia.
Critics Call for Release of White Shark That Killed Tankmates
The great white shark being held for research at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has killed two smaller soupfin sharks in recent weeks, leading critics of the shark program to demand that the aquarium release the shark back into the wild.
Cape Cod Swimmers Given Shark Warning
State and local officials in Cape Cod urged swimmers to be cautious after what appeared to be a second attack on seals this month by what some claimed may have been a great white shark.
Cage-diving Craze Raises Fears of Increase in Shark Attacks
Tourists' close encounters with great whites provoke debate in South Africa.
Dolphins Save Swimmers From Shark
It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a pod of altruistic dolphins, who swam in circles around them until the humans could escape.
Cape Town Considers Shark Hunt After Swimmer is Killed
The authorities in South Africa were considering last night whether to launch a hunt for the great white shark that killed an elderly woman off a Cape Town beach - the second attack on swimmers in the area this year.
It scared you stiff, now the great white faces its own crisis
Sharks - those sleek and ancient predators of the seas - have taken a steep dive. Populations of the great white shark, scalloped hammerhead and thresher have fallen in the north-west Atlantic by up to 90% in the past 15 years, according to research released today.
Sharks Menace S African Beaches
Authorities in the Western Cape temporarily banned swimming and mobilised helicopter patrols after a a large number of sharks, including Great Whites, were attracted inshore by shoals of game fish. The rise in the number of sharks suggested that a hunting ban had been a conservation...
Swimming in Shark-infested Waters
Sydneysiders are still enthusiastically cavorting in the harbour, despite the recent reported sighting of a great white shark, writes Patrick Barkham.
Great white panic grips Sydney
A huge shark spotted leaping from the limpid waters of Sydney harbour could be the first sighting of a deadly great white in the city's playground, experts warned yesterday.
State and local officials in Cape Cod urged swimmers to be cautious after what appeared to be a second attack on seals this month by what some claimed may have been a great white shark.
Cage-diving Craze Raises Fears of Increase in Shark Attacks
Tourists' close encounters with great whites provoke debate in South Africa.
Dolphins Save Swimmers From Shark
It emerged yesterday that four swimmers were saved from a great white shark by a pod of altruistic dolphins, who swam in circles around them until the humans could escape.
Cape Town Considers Shark Hunt After Swimmer is Killed
The authorities in South Africa were considering last night whether to launch a hunt for the great white shark that killed an elderly woman off a Cape Town beach - the second attack on swimmers in the area this year.
It scared you stiff, now the great white faces its own crisis
Sharks - those sleek and ancient predators of the seas - have taken a steep dive. Populations of the great white shark, scalloped hammerhead and thresher have fallen in the north-west Atlantic by up to 90% in the past 15 years, according to research released today.
Sharks Menace S African Beaches
Authorities in the Western Cape temporarily banned swimming and mobilised helicopter patrols after a a large number of sharks, including Great Whites, were attracted inshore by shoals of game fish. The rise in the number of sharks suggested that a hunting ban had been a conservation...
Swimming in Shark-infested Waters
Sydneysiders are still enthusiastically cavorting in the harbour, despite the recent reported sighting of a great white shark, writes Patrick Barkham.
Great white panic grips Sydney
A huge shark spotted leaping from the limpid waters of Sydney harbour could be the first sighting of a deadly great white in the city's playground, experts warned yesterday.