Recent shark attacks off the coast of Long Island in New York have some ocean lovers wondering what they can do to avoid potential encounters with the sharp-toothed predators. One option: shark ...

BIMINI, BAHAMAS - Imagine a lifeguard shooting a repellent bomb out of a potato gun into the surf to scare away sharks. Or a sunscreen swimmers could apply that makes sharks swim away from them. Or — ...

BIMINI, Bahamas -- For years, people have been searching for a chemical substance that repels sharks. During World War II, the U.S. Navy created "Shark Chaser," a mixture of copper acetate and black ...

A 14-year-old boy from Missouri was standing in knee-deep water when his foot was bitten by a shark Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Florida, a few miles from where a fellow teenager was also attacked by a ...

Science keeps trying but has yet to find a reliable way to keep sharks at bay. Even the late Julia Child, before she went with all that French cuisine, stirred up an anti-shark recipe in her bathtub, ...

Marine biologist Ryan Kempster noticed a very strange thing when he brought an electrical field close to the egg case of an embryonic shark: The unborn — and highly vulnerable — baby altered its ...

Some people seek out ways to spend time with sharks and plan vacations to places like Coco Island, Costa Rica, which is known for having one of the world's best shark dives. Then, there are others who ...

When it comes to fending off sharks, it turns out you might not "need a bigger boat," as recommended in Jaws—but just a bottle of cuttlefish ink. This is the revelation of researchers from University ...