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

Andriana Fragola opens up to PEOPLE exclusively about where her passion for sharks began, and why she calls swimming with the ...

One of the world's largest gatherings of tiger sharks has recently started to appear yearly on the Florida Gulf Coast.

These top predators eat smaller animals, balancing the populations of fish and other marine life. For example, sharks protect ...

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...

UNC researcher Chelsea Black partnered with Indonesian shark fishermen. Together, they discovered the third-known tiger shark ...

Tiger sharks, named for their distinctive color pattern, are among the largest of the sharks and are recorded up to 18 feet ...

The fight to shore the tiger shark lasted two hours, according to Meyer. Avila had been fishing since Friday evening and caught the beauty around 7 a.m. the next day, Meyer said.

Though there are many shark species in North Carolina, bites are rare, Cahoon said, noting that most shark bites occur in ...

Yes, the shark population has increased. But the threat is minimal and, in truth, sharks have always been swimming around us, ...

The tiger shark has a reputation for eating anything and everything. It isn’t fussy, but that’s a big reason why it’s so ...

A 20-year-old woman suffered minor injuries when she was apparently bitten by a sand tiger shark while standing in waist-deep ...