Ocean Predator Watch

Australian Shark Incidents

• 🔥 Fatal Queensland Attack: A 39-year-old man died after a shark attack while spearfishing near Kennedy Shoal off...

Conservation Pledges and Protections

• 🔥 EU Ocean Funding: EU pledged Sh50.2 billion to support ocean conservation and sustainable initiatives...

The Coogee Beach shark attack on Leah Stewart shows clear progression:

• Police immediately investigated reports of the swimmer attack
• One week...

The EU has pledged Sh50.2 billion to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and other threats to marine ecosystems via conservation and sustainable initiatives.

Rising sea temperatures are expanding shark ranges from Korea to the Mediterranean.

• Korea sightings: 14 large shark cases confirmed in 3 years near...

Shark Week makes its summer return featuring Ken Jeong and REI AMI, while explorer Josh Gates investigates history's first recorded shark attack and a possible infamous sea monster.

Veteran captain Elliot Sudal's first great white catch after a decade off Nantucket required meticulous handling to protect the endangered shark. He...

Great white sharks face insurmountable biological barriers in captivity.

• They roam thousands of miles yearly and swim up to 40 miles daily in the...

Lantern sharks produce light via photophores using luciferin reactions for deep-sea survival.

• Camouflage: Counter-illumination hides them from...

Passengers near the Farne Islands got a front-row view when a pod of 20-30 orcas approached their boat, ending with a twisting breach captured on...

A sport fishing crew on the Wreck Dawg spotted a 14-15 foot great white shark circling their boat four or five times near a windmill base off Virginia...

At the Our Ocean Conference, Madagascar and Zanzibar pledged sweeping new protections for sharks and rays, including 14 and 34 species respectively.
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Discovery's Shark Week 2026 launches July 26 with 20 new premieres blending stunts, science, and surprises.

• K-Pop Shark Heroes opens the week as...

Two years after a shark attack cost her a hand and leg, 17-year-old Lulu Gribbin is now championing Lulu's Law for national attack alerts and her Lulu...

An 'insane' first: a great white shark was filmed swimming in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, delivering rare footage of this elusive predator.

Nine African governments have committed to new marine protections, advancing the global 30x30 ocean target. These announcements include newly gazetted areas that expand ocean safeguards across the continent.

A diver's unexpected mid-May sighting of a massive great white shark 50 miles offshore in the Strait of Sicily delivered rare underwater footage of an adult in the Mediterranean.

A Navy worker was left critically injured after a shark attack at the Panama City base, with emergency services finding the older man unconscious and floating near the beach following the incident around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday.

A great white shark named Alisha was tagged in Gansbaai, South Africa in May 2012, and her recently recovered tag now traces a remarkable long-distance migration.

Following the Coogee shark attack, calls are growing to update great white shark management using expanded tools like bull shark tagging and drone surveillance. Nearly 80 bull sharks were tagged in a program running February to April.