The end of Australia’s long summer school holidays usually draws crowds to the beach but a spate of shark attacks in the country’s most populous state has triggered warnings to stay out of the water.

Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast closed on Tuesday, Jan. 20, after four shark attacks in two days.

Australian police are investigating whether a woman found dead on a popular beach was killed by dingoes, as a recent spate of ...

Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.

Officials say warm water and winds likely pushed the jellyfish into shallow waters ...

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