Cookiecutter sharks small but fearless; attacks still rare. July 6, 2011 — -- A small shark that's as nasty as it is fearless, attacking everything from Navy submarines to killer whales, has been ...

Florida's coast has witnessed a total of 812 confirmed and unprovoked attacks. New York may have been the site of two suspected shark attacks on Wednesday, but attacks by the creatures in these waters ...

At least 1,660 "unprovoked" shark attacks have been reported in the U.S. since the 1800s. Florida leads the nation in the number of attacks, with far more than any other state. The International Shark ...

Shark attack fatalities are extremely rare, with odds of 1 in 4,332,817 in a given year. In 2024, there were 47 shark bites worldwide, only four of which were fatal. Drowning, bee stings and even ...