A teenage girl has told how a small shark tried to drag her from her board after biting her ankle as she surfed off the Australian east coast.

A man has had part of his arm torn off by a suspected great white shark while surfing off the coast of Western Australia, officials said.

A diver bitten by a shark off Australia’s southwest coast was recovering in a hospital after surviving his second shark attack in nine years.

A diver who was bitten by a shark off Australia’s south west coast is recovering in hospital after surviving his second shark attack in nine years.

A 15-year-old tourist had part of his leg bitten off by a shark today as he swam at a beach in Australia’s remote southwest, officials said.