Others have suggested swapping the word with the terms "negative encounter," "incident" or simply "bites," the Sydney Morning Herald recently reported. " ‘Shark attack’ is a lie," said University of ...

The International Cabal of Sharks Scientists would very much prefer it if everyone could stop referring to those times when sharks attack people as “shark attacks.” Instead, The Sydney Morning Herald ...

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ORLEANS, Mass. -- A surfer on Cape Cod in Massachusetts had a terrifying close call with a white shark in an encounter caught on camera. This image -- courtesy of Joe Mault of Orleans Camera and Video ...

Marine biologists are just as shocked as the rest of the community over Sunday’s deadly shark bite that took the life of Tamayo Perry, experts said deadly encounters with sharks are extremely rare ...

On the beaches of Western Australia, by California’s crashing waves and in sight of Hawaii’s blue depths, “shark attacks” are slowly disappearing, at least as a phrase used by researchers and ...