When Walter Maxwell hooked into a giant tiger shark from a South Carolina pier in 1964, onlookers were sure he'd lose the ...

As much as “Shark Whisperer” tries to explore the warring perspectives between Ramsey and her naysayers, the documentary ...

At the same time Jaws fans around the world were celebrating the movie’s 50 anniversary, three young girls were trying to recover from shark wounds they endured in the past week. Two occurred at ...

Shark Week returns to Discovery on July 20 with epic footage, real-life shark encounters, and groundbreaking science.

From an unprecedented underwater dance competition to pulse-pounding recreations of terrifying shark attacks, Discovery’s ...

TIger shark in the Bahamas. Image by Divepics on depositphotos. While the recorded catches provide astonishing glimpses into the world of tiger sharks, larger individuals remain elusive. In 2018, ...

That shark was measured at 11-foot-2 but only weighed 674 pounds. In 2010, Polk became the world record holder for catching an 11-foot-9-inch tiger shark at an estimated weight of 928 pounds.

Final Thoughts on the Biggest Sharks Ever Caught Humans, and especially fishermen, have long been obsessed with big sharks. But due to population declines and overfishing, it’s now illegal to harvest ...

Réunion Island, situated 130 miles off Madagascar's coast, has one of the highest per capita shark attack rates in the world. Since 1980, there have been 24 attacks, with 13 resulting in fatalities.

“It was a brutal fight,” says the 23-year-old from Foley, Alabama. “I’ve been commercial fishing for sharks since I was 15 years old, and I’ve caught lots of big ones. But this bull is ...

Tommy “Tuna” Bowyer won the Alabama Deep Sea Rodeo’s bull shark category with a 494.5-pound catch, officials said. It’s expected to be certified as a new state record.