A woman injured this week in waters off Jones Beach State Park was likely bitten by a shark, authorities said, in one of the first reported encounters of the Long Island beach season.

A woman is recovering after officials say she was likely bitten and injured by a young sand tiger shark during a summertime ...

A 20-year-old woman was swimming in waist-deep water at a popular beach in Long Island, New York, when officials believe she ...

New York State Parks officials say the woman was waist-deep in the surf at the Central Mall beachfront on Wednesday afternoon ...

Warming Atlantic waters are delaying shark migrations by up to 29 days. Sandbar sharks show the longest delays.

Experts say a juvenile sand tiger shark likely bit a 20-year-old woman whiLe she was wading in the surf at Jones Beach State Park on Wednesday afternoon, New York State authorities said.

A 20-year-old woman was bitten by a shark, believed to be a juvenile sand tiger, while swimming at Jones Beach State Park in ...

The ocean’s very own bin chicken, the tiger shark has a reputation for eating anything and everything. Shrewd opportunists, they’ll eat the regular stuff (fish, crabs, rays, porpoises, seabirds) and ...

Sand tiger shark bites are often non-fatal, but the creatures do tend to mistake splashing feet for struggling fish. In 2022, five attacks occurred in the same Long Island area in just two weeks.