Topic: George Burgess

Great white shark sightings up on East and West Coasts: What are they after? (+video)

Great white sharks are moving closer to shore looking for seals, not people, researchers say. What may look like an 'attack' on YouTube may be something else. Still, use caution.

Shark attacks: researchers say 'fight back'

Shark attacks went up in 2010, with at 79 unprovoked attacks reported. Experts give advice on how to fight back if attacked by a shark.
02/08/2011 09:48 pm

Shark attacks? Humans kill sharks in far greater numbers.

Shark attacks may make headlines, but it's the human attacks on sharks that are having a far greater impact on our oceans' ecosystems.
06/21/2010 02:07 pm

Oil spill cleanup: BP spill's effect on endangered marine species potentially 'mind-boggling'

Oil spill cleanup: The growing BP oil spill threatens a critically endangered sawfish with extinction, as well as many other threatened species.
06/02/2010 05:15 pm

Shark attacks worldwide: bites are up, fatalities down

Worldwide, the number of shark attacks has grown each decade, hitting 646 in the 2000s. That's because so many more people are beachgoers. But fatalities from shark bites are quickly dropping.
03/02/2010 07:22 pm

Gallery Top shark attack locations

Experts rule out 'great white' in Florida shark attack

The shark that killed a kite surfer in Florida Wednesday was one of several possible species, scientists say. Teeth marks will help them identify the attacker.
02/05/2010 07:46 pm

Florida shark attack a great white? Probably not, says researcher

Some biologists say the shark that killed a Florida kite-surfer on Thursday was probably a great white. But a leading shark expert says among the handful of sharks large enough to kill a man, the great white is the least likely culprit in the latest attack.
02/04/2010 04:57 pm