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In 2015, the northern coast of New South Wales, Australia is devastated by 9 shark attacks. What is behind this spike in shark encounters?

In 2015, Oahu is the site of three mysterious shark attacks in just under three weeks, with two victims suffering life-changing injuries.

A rugged coastline renowned for its picturesque cliffs and sandy beaches just north of San Francisco becomes a nightmare in 2004 when the area is stunned by four separate shark attacks over the course of six months.

In the summers of 2017 and 2018, three beachgoers are attacked by sharks off the shores of Cape Cod, including the first shark fatality in Massachusetts in more than eighty years. Experts scramble to get to the bottom of this terrifying spike.

Usually a pristine location, the waters of Cancun suddenly becomes a hotspot for shark attacks between 2011 and 2013, with six attacks along its shores.

A remote town in South Africa is terrorized by a series of fatal shark attacks that leaves the community reeling. The question is: why?

Two children are attacked by sharks just miles apart, within one hour of each other.

Once the filming location for the infamous movie "Jaws", Cape Cod laughed at the unlikely association with fishy predators. But in 2012, the peaceful tourist destination suddenly comes under siege from sharks.

In the last decade, alone there have been twenty-seven shark attacks in South Africa's Western Cape, including eleven fatalities and two amputations, and the numbers keep growing.

In 2005, shark attacks along the Gulf of Mexico exploded, five times more than the average. The cause is a mystery to locals and experts, and the answer could devastate thousands of miles of American coastline.

Tourists flock to the beaches of North Carolina and Virginia for their safe calm waters. But beneath the serenity of this Atlantic coastline a dark danger is lurking. There have been 2 spikes in shark attacks a decade apart.

Between 2012 and 2013 Maui, Hawaii is rocked by an unprecedented wave of shark attacks, 3 times more than average, leading scientists and state officials to wonder what’s happening, and when the sharks will strike next.

The “shark attack capital of the world” is closer than you think — in Florida.

Experts investigate cases where sharks have attacked people.

Experts investigate cases where sharks have attacked people.

Experts investigate cases where sharks have attacked people.

Experts investigate cases where sharks have attacked people.

Three alarming shark attacks occur in the Bahamas in just thirty-nine days.

Two unlucky ocean lovers are attacked by sharks twice.

A small Alabama beach town emerges as an unlikely shark attack hot spot.

Three beachgoers in the Bahamas are attacked by sharks and one of the attacks is fatal; locals and vacationers alike are left reeling and the country's $1 billion tourism industry is suddenly in peril.

Experts investigate cases where sharks have attacked people.

Hawaii is shaken by three bizarre shark attacks in less than five months.

Ten shark attacks leave visitors reeling off Florida's Space Coast in 2003.

The Bahamas is a nation of 700 islands with some of the most biodiverse marine life. Despite being home to 40 species of shark, attacks on humans were unusual until 2002. What caused this increase that left multiple people maimed or dead?

Los Angeles is shocked by four shark attacks in four months.