He’d commissioned a German stone cutter in Chicago to carve it out of a block of gypsum he’d bought in Iowa before he and his cousin Newell buried the 2,990-pound statue.

News of a shark attack or bite is always unsettling. A young swimmer was was airlifted from Boca Grande in Lee County on June 11 after apparently being bitten by a shark.

Early summer shark bites prompt beach safety warnings A 12-year-old girl was airlifted from South Carolina's Hilton Head Island after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said.

A 12-foot great white shark off Hilton Head Island on Feb. 4, 2021. A swimmer suffered non-life-threatening injuries from an apparent shark bite off Hilton Head on June 17, 2025.

The recovery of shark prey species, coupled with an increase in beach tourism worldwide, are fueling a gradual rise in shark bites around the globe, from about 157 incidents reported between 1970 ...

They confirmed 71 incidents involved shark bites. Of those attacks, 47 were unprovoked, the researchers found. Four of the unprovoked attacks were fatal. SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up ...

Doctors at Tampa General Hospital joined the family of 9-year-old Leah Lendel on Thursday to talk about her recovery from a shark bite at a Florida beach last week.

Swimmer hospitalized after likely shark bite at Sea Pines beach on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina near marker 24: Beach patrol, lifeguards ...

A woman is recovering from an apparent shark bite that happened Tuesday on Hilton Head Island. The woman was bit on the leg at around noon at marker 24, which is at Sea Pines, and airlifted to a ...

Dispatch audio following a shark bite on Hilton Head Island on Tuesday. Major Blow to 500K Migrants After Supreme Court Ruling Satellite images show American military planes missing from a ...

The family of 9-year-old Leah Lendel says she was snorkeling Wednesday off Boca Grande when she was bitten by a shark. Her mother says Leah’s right hand up to the wrist was covered in blood and ...

A recent shark bite incident involving a 9-year-old girl in Boca Grande hasn't deterred beachgoers from enjoying the summer and Father's Day weekend. It's tarpon season in Fort Myers, making Boca ...