Sharks

accidents

Swimmer who lost arm in Hawaii shark attack dies

A young German woman who was attacked by a shark and had her right arm bitten off died on Wednesday at a hospital in Hawaii, medics said.

accidents

Shark attack victim fights for life

A German woman who had her arm bitten off by a shark while swimming off Hawaii is fighting for her life in hospital, local media reported on Tuesday.

Tourism

Shark bites off German swimmer's arm

A German woman had her right arm bitten off in a shark attack while swimming in Hawaii, authorities said on Thursday.

Tourism

Shark kills German woman at Red Sea resort

A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkeling off Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort in a week, local officials said.

Food and Drink

Baltic Sea sharks under threat

Overfishing threatens many of the 31 species of sharks that swim in the cold Baltic Sea off the northern German coast, researchers warned on Thursday.