An 8-year-old boy who was airlifted to the hospital after being bitten by a shark off the Florida Keys was stable at last check.

An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling and spearfishing in Florida.

What started as a normal morning turned into a fight to keep a foot for 18-year-old surf instructor Sam Hollis, who was bitten by a shark while leading a surfing camp on Friday.

As intense heat continues to grip Central Florida, people flocked to the beach to cool off, but with a recent shark bite, many took extra precautions while enjoying the waves

An 18-year-old man was bitten by a shark in New Smyrna Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

A man surfing in New Smyrna Beach said an airborne shark knocked him off his board.

The girl was snorkeling in shallow water off Boca Grande when the shark bit her hand.

A woman from Canada lost both her hands when she was attacked after trying to take a picture with a 6-foot shark while swimming in Turks and Caicos.

Two Central Florida women who were injured in a shark attack while swimming in the Bahamas are now recovering in Brevard County.

An unusual sight caught on camera as a 10-foot-long shark was seen swimming in a lake just off the Intracoastal Waterway in Hollywood.

A surfer out of South Florida says he was bitten by a shark for the second time at the same beach.

He told News 6 that this wasn't his first time hooking a shark. But he's never snagged one quite this big.

A 14-year-old boy visiting Florida from Missouri was bitten by a shark in Daytona Beach Shores, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

The shark bite marks the third in less than a week in Volusia County, the other two occurring in New Smyrna Beach.

A 26-year-old Sarasota man was bitten by a shark while wading in an inner tube at New Smyrna Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being bitten by a shark off Fernandina Beach, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.

A teenager who lost both a leg and one of her hands in a Florida shark attack has this to say of her ordeal: “I made it.”.

A 24-year-old Florida man survives a freak accident.

A pregnant great white shark washed ashore on a Florida Panhandle beach on Friday, according to a news release.

A Florida man is still on the mend about a week after he was bitten by a shark while swimming in Juno Beach.

Several beachgoers can be seen struggling to drag the shark back into the Gulf in the two-minute long video posted on Facebook.

An Apopka woman was bitten in the foot by a shark at a Ponce Inlet beach on Monday, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

A woman was seriously injured after a shark bit through her thigh while she was swimming at a New York City beach.

While sifting through sand on the river bottom, Heim said he felt what seemed like a boat strike his head.

A Florida man has quite the story to tell.

A DeLand man was bitten by a shark while surfing in Florida.

Authorities in the Florida Keys say a shark bit the foot of a fisherman who had reeled it in, sending the man to the hospital.

A brave 13-year-old girl fought off a shark while being attacked at a Florida beach.

According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, unprovoked shark bites in Florida accounted for 28% of attacks worldwide.

A 12-year-old boy made a big catch while on vacation in Florida.

The city of Indian Harbour Beach wants to make fishing rules stricter after a man was seen beating a shark to death with a hammer.

A video of two men dragging a shark across the New Smyrna Beach shore and stabbing it in the head surfaced Saturday, leaving many social media users stunned and questioning the legality of the practice.

13-year-old Fischer Hricko of Oviedo and his family went on vacation to the Florida Keys — where he suffered an unexpected shark bite while lobstering.

A 33-year-old Orlando man was hospitalized Monday after suffering what investigators believe was a shark bite at Daytona Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

Long Doggers in Satellite Beach will host a Saturday afternoon fundraising event for shark bite victim Addison Bethea.

A child was hospitalized with “serious injuries” after a 9-foot shark attacked them at Keaton Beach Thursday, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

A dead shark was found hanging from the rafters above a staircase at a Florida high school, according to district officials.

The DreamWorks animated heist movie “The Bad Guys” was the top film in U.S. and Canada theaters for the second straight weekend, while the latest Liam Neeson thriller suggested the actor’s particular set of skills may be wearing thin with audiences.

A hammerhead shark about 11-feet long washed ashore in South Florida.

A massive great white shark, being tracked by OCEARCH, pinged off the Gulf Coast of Florida on Thursday.

The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford has set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.

Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford has landed in Germany on the penultimate stop of her bid to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford is set to land her ultralight plane in Belgium on Monday.

It was a long summer of surgeries and recovery for a Volusia County 12-year-old after a shark bite.

Jai Villamil was bitten by a shark last week and has had three surgeries to repair his right leg. On Monday, he’ll undergo a fourth.

A 12-year-old boy was bitten on the arm by a shark while he and his parents were visiting Bethune Beach on Friday, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

A 12-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark earlier this week is making progress in his recovery.

Authorities say a shark bit a Florida man who was swimming near a fishing line 40 yards from the shore.

In a children’s hospital room, 12-year-old Jai Villamil is hanging in there after he was bit by a shark.

A 21-year-old woman was bitten by a shark off Daytona Beach Shores.

A shark bites a man near a Disney resort in Central Florida.

“A shark tried to eat me at the ocean,” 9-year-old Jay Weiskopf said. “Five minutes in the water and boom,” said Kristine Weiskopf, Jay’s mother. After realizing what had happened, Kristine Weiskopf scooped up her son and raced back to the beach. I just want to hug him constantly,” Kristine Weiskopf said. There are still plenty of things for the family to do during their stay in South Florida, except for one thing.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A 9-year-old Minnesota boy was bitten by a shark as he body surfed in Miami Beach over the weekend, his parents said. Kristine Weiskopf told WPLG she and her son, Jay, were in the water for only a few minutes when the shark bit the boy. When she pulled him up, she said she saw a chunk of skin missing from his shoulder. A Miami Beach Fire Rescue crew took the child to the hospital where surgeons closed the wound, his mother said. That he’s gonna be OK,” the child’s father, Ren Weiskopf told the TV station.

TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida fishing captain with a boat named “Offshore Therapy” saw something less than therapeutic on her recent fishing trip: a great white shark. Erika Almond and several friends were fishing in approximately 200 feet of water about 65 miles south-southwest of Tampa Bay when an extremely large great white shark approached the boat and tried to bite it, according to Fox 13. We had a 14-16 foot Great White shark circle our boat, bite the motors and the boat, and roll on its back for about two to three hours! According to Almond, the shark did this for about two or three hours as it circled her boat, even rolling onto its back. In one of the photos, one of Almond’s friends is seen reaching out to touch the shark.

It was not the sort of thing the onetime surfer expected to see on her daily morning walk along Melbourne Beach. There, not far from the shoreline, Betty Gardner Gonzalez spotted the dead shark in the sand just before sunrise Monday, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. “I walk every morning on the beach and just came across it. The shark, possibly a sand tiger shark or one of the ragged-tooth variety, was about 6 feet long. Gonzalez had planned to contact the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the discovery.

Everyone knows sharks fill the water off Florida’s coast and many choose to get in the water anyway. What you might not expect to find though is a 10-foot long hammerhead shark circling an unsuspecting swimmer. A drone video taken by Jason McIntosh on Nov. 15 in Miami Beach, Florida shows just that. The terrifying video captured the giant creature circling in shallow water just below a man that is clueless about what’s happening below him. McIntosh who said he had no way to warn the swimmer told Jam Press, “I’ve seen hammerheads out there in the shoreline before.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – A 17-year-old was bit by a shark Saturday in Ormond Beach while surfing in the ocean, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue officials. The teen was bit on his right leg while retrieving his surfboard in waist deep water at the Neptune Approach off Ocean Shore Boulevard, Capt. Tamra Malphurs, with Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, said. The 17-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. [TRENDING: 2020 Voter Guide | What to expect if Trump wins | What to expect if Biden wins]

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. – A man was attacked by a “toothy sea creature” while surfing Tuesday morning off Melbourne Beach, according to officials. The attack happened around 8:15 a.m. near the 7400 block of State Road A1A in the Sunnyland Beach community. The 25-year-old victim was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center with an arm injury, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue. Officials said the man suffered “significant bleeding.”“It was severe enough that they thought he needed specialized attention at a trauma center,” Fire Chief Mark Schollmeyer said. Firefighters said the surfer was fortunate to be right across the street from the last fire station in the county before Sebastian Inlet.

A shark bit a surfers hand as the man was releasing a fish he caught Tuesday at Canaveral National Seashore, according to Volusia County Beach Safety. The victim was a 54-year-old man from Winter Springs. The 4- to 5-foot shark swam away after it bit the mans hand and the fish he was holding. He was treated on scene by Beach Safety personnel then drove himself to a hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown.

ORLANDO, Fla – Sea Life Orlando Aquarium is celebrating all things sharks this week as most of the country is glued to their TV screens watching Discovery’s Shark Week. Leaders said over 100 of the 500 shark species in the world’s oceans are threatened which brings the importance of shark conservation and care even more to the forefront. Sea Life plans to do a number of interactions on its Facebook page throughout the week. SEA LIFE Orlando is asking guests who visit during shark week and beyond to honor the timeless work of local medical professionals. SEA LIFE Orlando (SEA LIFE ORLANDO)Click here to learn more about the aquarium and its events.