A man who put himself in danger to help a little girl during a shark attack in Boca Grande is now facing deportation. Luis ...

A 9-year-old Florida girl snorkeling in 4-foot-deep waters off a Boca Grande beach was attacked by a shark on June 11.

Surfer Darren Kaye said he noticed the spinner shark before the collision, but thought nothing of it until the animal came ...

Luis Alvarez, reportedly rushed to help a 9-year-old in Boca Grande after a shark bite, was arrested a few days later and faces deportation.

A 20-year-old woman "sustained minor lacerations" to her foot when she was bit by a juvenile sand tiger shark last Wednesday.

Florida had the largest number of documented shark attacks worldwide in 2003 with 30, according to statistics compiled by the American Elasmobranch Society and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

The Manatee Fire Marshal says the man bitten on the leg by a shark off Anna Maria Island got into the water from a boat. “People were disappointed that we weren’t clearing the beach,” he said.