An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling and spear fishing with his family near Horseshoe Reef in Key Largo. Officials said the incident occurred Monday around 3:30 p.m. Your ...
A blacktip reef shark. The family of the 8-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark in the Florida Keys on Monday says the species of the fish was a blacktip. The boy had to have surgery to save his leg ...
While Florida is known for shark bites, incidents are about average for the year and declined nationally in 2024. Shark bites are extremely rare and most are cases of mistaken identity in ...