By weaving Kevlar or polyethylene nanofibers into standard neoprene in wetsuits, researchers found ways to limit injury during rare encounters with sharks.

Deep beneath the Arctic ice lives a shark whose bite carries more than just power — it carries poison. The Greenland shark is ...

An Australian study evaluated four wetsuit materials to see if these could lessen the severity of puncture wounds from shark bites. White and tiger sharks are among the top species for “unprovoked ...

My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.

The surfer, who had a wife and young daughter, lost "a number of limbs" and his surfboard was broken in two, police said.

Initially, VanGerpen said, the about 3- to 4-foot-long white shark bit the swimmer’s hand. “Then, he went to kick it away, ...