Shark Attacks

A male diver has died after an attack by a suspected 4.5-metre shark near Michaelmas Island, off WA's Albany coast, on Saturday morning. 

Fourteen-year-old Sam Nai survived a devastating shark attack with a desperate swim to safety, followed by 20 surgeries to reconstruct his abdomen. 

While the Far North Queensland community is reeling from the death of local spearfisher Michael Jensz, experts warn human-shark interactions are increasing.

A 39-year-old man has died following a shark attack in Far North Queensland.

The best friend of a Perth father killed by a shark off Rottnest Island says there was "absolutely no warning" before the attack.

The approach to tackling shark attacks has changed dramatically since the 2013 catch-and-kill policy, with a focus on shark tagging and tracking. But it's never enough to stop fatal attacks.

The wife of 38-year-old Perth man Steven Mattaboni says her family's "hearts are irrevocably broken" after he was killed in a shark attack while spearfishing off the coast of Rottnest Island on Saturday.

A man in his thirties has been attacked by a shark at Rottnest Island, off Perth. 

A 38-year-old man had been spearfishing with friends when he was killed in a shark attack off Rottnest Island on Saturday morning. 

Wife of shark victim Mercury Psillakis, Maria Psillaki, speaks on NSW’s new drone program.

Mike Psillakis and his twin brother's widow, Maria, join authorities to announce a program that will see surfers become drone pilots.

A multi-million-dollar project run out of the University of Wollongong is working on fitting shark-deterrent technology into surfboard fins following recent shark attacks.

A new study analysing the behaviour of tiger sharks relocated from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park under the Queensland Shark Control Program shows tiger sharks relocated from swimming beaches generally return to a beach within about three months.

Sydney's lower north shore and eastern suburbs are likely locations for two new shark listening devices following a spate of attacks earlier this year. 

A fisher known as "Lucky Luke" to his mates lives up to his nickname after surviving a great white shark dragging him along the ocean floor while lobster fishing off the South Australian coast.

Joanne Norman cinched the international accolade by swimming across seven of the world's most dangerous channels.

A man in his 50s has wounds to his arm, abdomen and hand after a shark attack on the Southern Great Barrier Reef.

New Caledonian authorities ban beach swimming and resume shark culling despite concern from environmental groups, after a wing foiler is killed in an attack.

Former police diver and surf lifesaver Glenn Johns is using his experience to warn people not to swim in Sydney Harbour's open waters, following last month's fatal shark attack. But not everyone agrees.

One year after his daughter was killed by a shark, a proud Queensland surf lifesaver says her legacy lives in the ocean.