Person: George Burgess

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Getting caught in a web of fear

Which should you fear most, in your tropical paradise, sharks or coconuts?

Jaw-dropping fears for sharks

world

Seaside town urges swimmers to stay away after double shark attack

Orca that really is a killer whale

rugby

‘Booze and biff’ part of sporting life Down Under

Growing pains

A great time of year to observe sharks

GRAPHIC images of man-eating sharks from Jaws come to mind following recent reports of shark sightings off the coast.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2006

Shark attacks show new fall

The number of fatal and nonfatal shark attacks worldwide dropped in 2005, continuing a five-year trend, the director of the International Shark Attack File said today.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2006

Teenager critical after shark attack

A boy fishing in waist-deep water was bitten and critically injured in the second shark attack on a teenager along north-western Florida’s Panhandle in three days.

Tue, 28 Jun, 2005

Hurricane Ivan follows Frances’ trail

WEAKENED but persistent, Tropical Storm Frances swept into north-western Florida yesterday as its successor, Hurricane Ivan, gathered in the Caribbean, threatening Barbados and St Lucia.

Tue, 07 Sep, 2004

Hurricane Ivan follows in the trail of Frances

Weakened but persistent, Tropical Storm Frances took aim at north-western Florida today as its successor – Hurricane Ivan -gathered in the Caribbean, threatening Barbados and St Lucia.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2004

Beach community in shock after shark kills boy, 10

The Virginia Beach community was today in a state of shock after a shark killed a 10-year-old boy in the first fatal shark attack in the United States this year.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2001