Matt Bender, a 40-year-old from Winter Park, was bitten on his right forearm while surfing on New Smyrna Beach Sunday.

On the same day as the Nantucket incident, a 40-year-old surfer named Matthew Bender of Winter Park, Florida, was attacked by ...

Spinner sharks are known for their acrobats, weighing more than 120 pounds. Similar to blacktip sharks, the predators leap ...

It’s common knowledge that surfing in Florida comes with the risk of shark interaction, especially with regards to New Smyrna Beach, aka the “shark bite capital of the world.” But the shark ...

Florida is home to the shark bite capital of the world and the lightning capital of the U.S. And another danger lurks in the ocean, that doesn't have fins, teeth or stinging tentacles: rip currents.

Florida's summertime dangers include sharks, rip currents and lightning strikes. Volusia County is known as the "Shark Bite Capital of the World." Florida is the state with the most lightning ...

Florida: The Shark Attack Capital Of The World Why Florida’s warm waters attract the most shark encounters Sharks are attacking people in record numbers in Florida .

Florida is No. 1 in the United States when it comes to shark bites. There have been 942 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks in Florida from 1837 to present. There was one fatality involving a shark ...

A 9-year-old girl whose right hand was nearly bitten off her arm by a shark near Boca Grande may fully recover thanks to fast action, doctors said.