For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — has killed and maimed American citizens and ...

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the major assault launched by the United States and Israel.

People love a tidy villain, so sharks get cast as the ocean’s hitmen, while orcas get treated like spooky geniuses with ...

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

Orcas are among the ocean’s top predators, yet there is only one well-documented attack on a human in the wild: in 1972, a surfer was bitten – probably because he was mistaken for a seal – but ...

Florida tops the U.S. in shark bites in 2025, including some in the Southwest part of the state, but Australia had the most ...

Olivia Notini, founder and designer of Finatics, a shark themed apparel and accessories brand, on her mission to protect one of the oceans’ apex predators.

The U.S. sees more shark attacks than any other country, but fewer fatalities than Australia. Dive into the figures to see ...

Despite a recent string of shark attacks across the California coast, including the tragic killing of a 55-year-old swimmer, the violent incidents dropped in the United States in 2025 compared to the ...