The 2025 International Shark Attack Files reveal the number of unprovoked shark attacks increased compared to 2024, but remains below the ten-year average. ByDuncan Madden, Contributor. Forbes ...

The International Shark Attack File recorded 105 total incidents last year—and unprovoked attacks were way up from 2024. Unprovoked global shark attacks rose in 2025, totaling 65 out of 105 incidents.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in 2025 after a dip the previous year, according to the latest ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The museum’s International Shark Attack File was established in 1958 and includes records ...

For decades, experts and the general public believed that shark attacks on humans were a case of mistaken identity. Some researchers suggest that this may not always be the case, and that some shark ...

Fatal shark attacks more than doubled in 2025, reveals a new report. There was also a 38.3% increase in the number of people bitten by the apex ocean predators, compared to 2024. The International ...

Unprovoked shark bites worldwide increased in 2025, and fatalities rose above the recent decade average, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). The Florida Museum of Natural ...

Sharks get a bad rap in most media. On the very rare occasions when a shark attacks a human, even when there are warnings that sharks are in the area, the sharks are at fault and anti-shark campaigns ...

Last Friday, a dive boat rescued two kids in the channel directly off Ala Moana Bowls on Oahu’s South Shore. The kids had been spearfishing, and had tangled with a tiger shark later estimated by the ...