A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. It’s a response to a shark bite that happened in Iowa last year. A small shark bit an employee at a ...

A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. The bill was in response after a small shark bit an employee at a for-profit zoo in West Des Moines, ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida leads the nation in shark attacks but Wednesday, the focus wasn’t on fear, it was on survival. Four shark attack survivors, including two who were bitten just ...

A fisherman in a wealthy beach vacation hot spot became the object of nature's wrath while wrestling with a shark he caught during the July Fourth weekend. A 21-year-old man in Nantucket caught a ...

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding local anglers to leave certain protected shark species alone ...

Combine the 50th anniversary of the movie "Jaws" – which started the nation's shark obsession in 1975 – with Discovery Channel's 37th annual Shark Week that begins July 20, and sharks might be getting ...

Shark sightings off the eastern coast of the United States this summer may have some people wondering what they could do if they encounter a shark. "People go in the ocean every single day against ...

Shark Week 2025 kicks off on July 20 on Discovery Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and ...