Shark attacks claim 2 Australians
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - An Australian teenager was killed Thursday in the country&#39;s second fatal shark attack within a week. The 18-year-old male was being towed on his surfboard by three other teenagers in
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CAIRNS, Australia  - A 38-year-old Australian man bled to death Saturday after he was rescued from the jaws of a shark while spearfishing on the Great Barrier Reef, authorities said.
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Georgia Aquarium officials say it may be months before they know what caused Wednesday's death of another whale shark, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia that displays the huge, rare fish.
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In general, attacks by venomous stingrays are rare and usually occur when a person accidentally steps on one in shallow water.
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The sharks are starting to circle some beaten-up financial stocks.
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Sharks will migrate into Antarctic waters if warming continues, threatening marine animals, scientists warn.
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A school of Dolphins has saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark attack. The amazing rescue happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his daughter and her friends for a swim off the northern New Zealand coast.
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Environmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to ward off illegal shark fishermen.
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A fisherman fueled by vodka caught a 1.3-meter (4-foot) shark and wrestled it onto a jetty on Australia's south coast, suffering only small tear marks in his trousers, media reports said on Friday.
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Dead stingrays with their tails cut off are found in Australia, amid fears Steve Irwin fans may be avenging his death.
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Wild storms lashed eastern Australia again Saturday as authorities confirmed two deaths and expressed grave fears for a family of five whose car was washed away when raging waters cut a highway.
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South African experts have put before parliament proposals to limit shark attacks along Cape Town's beaches while balancing the need for conservation.
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A TEENAGE surfer was torn apart and eaten by two great white sharks off an Adelaide beach yesterday in Australiaâs second fatal attack of its kind in a week.
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Mass strandings of marine mammals have occurred in Australia and New Zealand this week, proving an earlier predication made by Australian scientists, New Zealand Press Association said Wednesday.
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Sharks will migrate into Antarctic waters if warming continues, threatening unique marine animals, scientists warn.
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ADELAIDE, Australia - The hunt for the great white shark that killed a teenage surfer here this week was stepped up Saturday despite an appeal by his family not to kill the giant predator.
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Authorities said Friday they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near a popular south Australian beach as his friends reportedly tried to save him by beating the animal with oars.