Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years ...

The pattern appears to be driven by tiger shark biology, not by more people being in the water, marine biologists say ...

New University of Hawaiʻi research confirms that "Sharktober" is real, revealing a statistically significant spike in shark ...

The study, recently published in “Frontiers in Marine Science,” analyzes 30 years of Hawaii-­specific data from 1995 to 2024.

New University of Hawaiʻi research confirms that “Sharktober” is real, revealing a statistically significant spike in shark ...

A new study has confirmed a statistically "significant" spike in shark bite incidents in Hawaiian waters every October.

An ABC analysis of the national Shark-Incident Database shows that the average number of verified shark bite incidents recorded annually over a decade has increased every 10 years since the 1950s.

Intense rainfall has caused the water to go murky in some areas, making them attractive spots for fish and sharks to feed ...

"I start punching the shark. To be honest I don't know what I was trying to do, but I was hitting it," Peter says. "I can ...

Tiger sharks are typically solitary wanderers, and it wasn’t clear to scientists how they came together to reproduce. But as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, groundbreaking research from the ...

Midwinter marks the annual return of humpback whales to Hawaiʻi, swimming down from Alaska to breed in the warmer waters. Tiger sharks start showing up in greater numbers soon thereafter from across ...

For years, Hawaiʻi surfers and lifeguards have talked about “Sharktober,” a stretch of fall weeks when encounters with sharks ...