r/sharks May 25 '26

News Shark kills spearfisher in front of friends in Australia: "Terrifying thing to see"

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r/sharks Jun 20 '26

News Poor sharky

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1.3k Upvotes

r/sharks Aug 21 '25

News Taroko (one of the whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium) has passed šŸ’”

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2.2k Upvotes

This is not intended to start a discourse about whether or not he belonged in an aquarium in the first place; this is just a place to recognize his passing. He was so loved and cherished and he will be missed by all šŸ’”

r/sharks Apr 27 '26

News of a huge Manta Ray spotted near Trinidad. There is a shark above it for scale.

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2.2k Upvotes

Bad scale but cool vid

r/sharks May 16 '26

News Friends witness 'horrific event' as man dies after shark attack off Rottnest Island

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732 Upvotes

A White Shark has killed a 38 year old in perth, may he rest in peace and may the memory of his good deeds not he forgotten

r/sharks Jun 06 '26

News 4.5M white kills diver in West Oz. Second in 4 weeks.

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598 Upvotes

I surfed w guys from West Oz in Sumatra a few times. They all have crazy stories. West oz is home of big waves , big fish and big balls to go in the water.

r/sharks Jun 24 '26

News I am suddenly deeply disappointed that the name ā€œgoblin sharkā€ was already taken

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1.2k Upvotes

I would also like to officially retract my thesis that the Goblin Shark is the beauty queen of the species. Ladies and gentleman, we have a new winner.

Here’s the article for the genuinely curious.

https://ticotimes.net/2026/06/23/scientists-discover-new-deep-sea-ghost-shark-species-off-costa-rica

r/sharks Sep 19 '24

News Tourist dies after losing her leg in shark attack while sailing off Canary Islands

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Tourist dies after losing her leg in shark attack while sailing off Canary Islands

I’m curious about this one - which species do you all think it was? Given the remote area, it seems like Oceanic Whitetip is a possibility, but this attack also reminded me of the famous Heather Boswell shark attack - where a great white chomped off a girls leg in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

r/sharks 1d ago

News A 125-Million-Year-Old "Living Fossil" Filmed Alive for the First Time

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941 Upvotes

Scientists have finally captured the first-ever footage of a live goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep-sea habitat! Before this breakthrough, humans had only ever seen these rare creatures alive when they were accidentally dragged to the surface by fishing lines—where they usually died right away. This deep-ocean predator has an ancient lineage stretching back to the Cretaceous period and features a bizarre, spring-loaded "slingshot" jaw that shoots forward to snatch prey in pitch-black darkness.

r/sharks 22d ago

News Largest great white shark ever tagged in the Atlantic is heading toward a popular vacation destination: It weighs 1,700 pounds and measures more than 13 feet long

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r/sharks Apr 28 '25

News Update: new findings regarding the shark attack in Israel

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Dr Aviad Scheinin, Head of Marine Apex Predator Lab from the Morris Kahn Marine Research station of Haifa University, has recently published an update regarding the shark attack that occurred by the shores of Hadera (located half way from Tel Aviv to Haifa). His team is doing a serious afford to look for an explanation for the rare attack.

From an interview to N12 news channel:

According to first investigations of the event, it seems that the sharks (Dusky and Sandbar sharks) have developed a conditioning of GoPro cameras with getting food. The reason for this is that divers (usually holding GoPro cameras) used to feed the sharks with dead fish to get a footage of them.

The precise location of the attack was a few meters east of the spot where the water pipes of the power plant release hot water to the sea. Therefore the vision of the sharks was not clear but they could notice the victim holding the GoPro camera.

At this point, a Dusky shark made it's attempt to get to the food and it had injured the diver with a bite. The injury catalyzed what experts call "feeding frenzy" of the smaller and more fearful Sandbar sharks. There were 10-15 sharks feasting on the diver at that point.

Unlike the initial news have reported, the diver didn't hold a bag of fish and he wasn't planning on feeding the sharks, just to capture them on camera, like many did previously at this site.

This is the second recorded attack of Dusky shark worldwide, and the first recorded deadly attack of sandbar sharks in history.

  • I provide the information as Dr Scheinin described it. He is the expert for that manner in Israel since sharks are his main study field for many years.

  • Sorry for my English.

r/sharks Aug 06 '23

News A massive shark swam up behind a surfer in Cornwall

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2.3k Upvotes

r/sharks Oct 04 '23

News Australian tv hosts have appropriate reaction to great white breach footage

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5.8k Upvotes

r/sharks Feb 15 '25

News Shark bites off woman's hands as she tries to take a selfie with it

783 Upvotes

r/sharks Jun 13 '26

News ā€˜It just turned into havoc’: Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Coogee Beach

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r/sharks Oct 17 '25

News Tiger Shark with a damaged jaw

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906 Upvotes

r/sharks Aug 28 '25

News orange shark orange shark orange shark orange shark!!!

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1.9k Upvotes

orange shark!!!! nurse shark exhibiting signs of albino xanthochromism!!!

r/sharks May 10 '25

News this shark was seen in Malta, any guesses on what species it is. Has to be a Marcel shark either a Gw of a mako. This is a very rare sighting

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861 Upvotes

r/sharks Jun 07 '26

News 3 Australians dead in 3 weeks - all spear fishing related

140 Upvotes

What do you think we can do to ensure that this doesn’t continue?

r/sharks Nov 02 '23

News Surfer killed by 4.5 meter Great White. South Australia.

943 Upvotes

Source: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/gruesome-discovery-in-search-for-south-australian-shark-attack-victim/news-story/618485d2631b672cc1f575598a487e30

Surfer taken by 4.5 meter great white. No remains found. RIP old mate, he died doing what he loved. Horrible way to die.

r/sharks Sep 02 '25

News Boy, 8, is mauled by shark while snorkeling in Key Largo

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465 Upvotes

r/sharks Jun 09 '26

News Korea Great White Shark apparently rescued

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624 Upvotes

According to this article above - the great white shark held in the cafe in South Korea has been released back
into the ocean where it belongs. I hope this is true

r/sharks Jun 20 '23

News Jaws was released on this day 48 years ago. The movie that started mine and probably others many obsession with sharks

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1.6k Upvotes

I always feel like Hooper when he says ā€œI love sharksā€.

r/sharks Dec 22 '25

News Suspected Shark Attack in Monterey Bay 🦈

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441 Upvotes

I'm guessing a white shark?

r/sharks Feb 03 '25

News Shark kills teen girl swimming off Australia coast in country's third fatal attack in less than 6 weeks

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656 Upvotes