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

New researcher explains "Sharktober," revealing that October shark bite spikes are driven by tiger shark biology, not beach ...

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

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

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

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