Sharks
Witnesses capture video of shark attack at Cabarita
A teenage boy has sustained serious injuries after being bitten by a shark while at Cabarita beach on the NSW north coast.
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Scientists tested great white shark DNA. Now we know how many live off Australian beaches
They’re our most feared apex predator of the sea, but new research is upending what we think we know about great white sharks.
- Bianca Hall
As Jaws turns 50, who is the blockbuster’s real hero?
Steven Spielberg’s saga of man v shark is not the film you remember.
- The Economist
Qld to add lethal shark nets, drumlines to popular tourist beaches
The state’s shark management program is set to get an $88.2m boost to ensure the safety of swimmers, but the decision has attracted criticism from animal advocates.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Why Sydney’s shark nets have been removed a month early
A growing number of swimmers and councils have objected to the nets, but politicians have so far proved reluctant to end the program.
- Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Two killer whales are hunting down great white sharks, Hannibal Lecter style
Forget Free Willy, this is Silence of the Lambs. Shark experts are trying to figure out how and why these orcas are dispatching one of the ocean’s fiercest predators.
- Jonathan Edwards
Man bitten by shark at Port Beach
A swimmer has been rescued from the water off Port Beach in Perth’s south after being bitten by a shark which circled him as he scrambled onto a stranger’s boat.
- Heather McNeill
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- Tragedy
‘We are devastated’: Family of Esperance shark attack victim pay tribute to beloved ‘gentle giant’
The family of Melbourne man Steven Payne — the surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance — have paid tribute to the “gentle giant”, describing him as a “smart, kind, funny and laid-back” man who cherished his loved ones.
- Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
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- Tragedy
Drone captured shark, blood in water moments after Esperance fatal attack
Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017.
- Heather McNeill
Timeline of fatal shark attacks along the West Australian coast
Since 2000, 20 people have been killed in shark attacks off the WA coast.
- Heather McNeill
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