A Sonoma County surfer is lucky to be alive after a shark clamped down on his hand and took a chunk out of his board this morning off North Salmon Creek Beach near Bodega Bay, authorities said.

An 18-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark at New Smyrna Beach in Florida, marking the second such attack at the beach this month. The male victim sustained a shark bite on his foot while ...

LOS OSOS, California -- A surfer suffered leg bites but survived a shark attack on California's Central Coast after kicking the massive fish away. Nick Wapner, 19, was bitten on Tuesday morning ...

A bystander helped the pair on the beach, but the woman died at the scene. A paramedic said the bystander's first aid might have prevented a double fatality.