Aerial patrols of Australia's coastline will be extended amid increased shark sightings at popular beaches and warmer weather ...

Steven Payne, 37, was surfing off Wharton Beach — a remote area of Western Australia about 480 miles from Perth — when the ...

A surfer who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia on Monday is presumed dead, police said Tuesday. Officials ...

Leading shark scientists have been working to more ... Steven Payne was killed while surfing in chest-deep water at Wharton Beach. In broad daylight at one of the region's most popular beaches ...

Before he was bitten, the shark ‘bumped the man multiple times’, a Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development spokesman said.

Wharton Beach was closed Monday and Tuesday, but will likely be reopened Wednesday, Taylor told ABC. Police said there have been no further shark sightings in the area. Australian officials ...