The family of Leah Lendel, the 9-year-old girl who survived a shark attack off Florida’s Gulf Coast, shared their emotional journey and their daughter’s recovery progress. The medical team at Tampa ...

Leah Lendel was with her family at a Florida beach when she felt something pull on her arm. Days later, she recounted the ordeal.

Dr Harley Newton, chief scientist and veterinarian for OCEARCH, from Jacksonville, Florida, has dedicated her career to ...

Leah Lendel's family said she is recovering after surgery to repair her hand, which was injured in a shark attack.

One of the scientists involved in tracking Contender - the biggest great white shark ever recorded by researchers in the Atlantic - has revealed how to escape a close encounter. Contender, the 14ft ...

A bull shark attacked a 9-year-old girl while she was snorkeling off the coast of Boca Grande, turning a sunny Florida family vacation into a nightmare. The girl barely escaped with her life, and ...

Video of the event quickly went viral — a feel-good story with a hint of danger. But 50 years ago, during the same summer ...

A 9-year-old girl recently bitten by a shark on Florida's Gulf Coast will join her family and doctors at Tampa General ...

"You're being very brave. Very strong," a Lee County sheriff's deputy told a 9-year-old girl after a shark bit and partially ...

There are multiple theories as to why Florida beaches are seeing an increase in shark sightings. These theories range from improved monitoring to human error. While each of these affects shorelines ...