and around a dozen are considered highly dangerous to humans - chiefly the great white, tiger shark and bull shark. The chances of dying in a shark attack are definitely extremely slim.

The animal was known as Koala and measured just over 12ft (3.6m), according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy charity.

One tiger shark, named Harry Lindo, even travelled an astonishing 27,000 miles as he completed a 3-year circuit around the Atlantic visiting many of the same areas.

Often described as the ultimate shark, the great white needs little introduction. When hunting it relies on the element of surprise, ambushing its prey from below. The shark is warm blooded and ...

Not even the tiger shark, which would be more appropriate in Nemo’s coral-reef home. It was the great white shark—with its wide, toothy grin—that was plastered on thousands of movie ...

is a large shark belonging to the Carchahinidae family and bears the scientific name “C. falciformis.” The great white shark, on the other hand, is known scientifically as the Carcharodon ...

Massachusetts police had to call in a tow truck to remove a giant great white shark after it washed up dead on a beach in Cape Cod. It remains unclear how the 12 ft (3.6m) shark died, local ...

A shark scientist on Wednesday posted compelling, though not for the squeamish, video footage of a necropsy performed on a great white shark that washed up on an Orleans beach Tuesday. John ...

Police were called to a beach in Massachusetts, USA, after a great white shark was found dead and washed ashore – with no answers as to how it got there. Officers responding to the unusual ...

A great white shark that washed ashore at a Cape Cod beach earlier this week is named Koala, and was known to local researchers, investigators said. Its cause of death is still a mystery ...

After a yacht capsizes off the coast of Australia, a group of friends tries to swim to safety, only to learn they’re being tracked by a great white shark. The cast, including Damian Walshe ...

Tristan Guttridge, Annie Guttridge, Paul De Gelder and Skye Minnis unveil the secrets of Bull, Tiger, Hammerhead, Great White ...