A Canadian woman “attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs,” the territory’s ...

The incident occurred on the island of Providenciales on Feb. 7, according to the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Department of ...

A shark attacked and injured a Canadian tourist as she tried to take its picture in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this month, according to local authorities. Related video above: 'It's going to ...

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said it was investigating ... shark bites logged last year by the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, an organization ...

Shark bites in the waters off the Turks and Caicos islands are rare, with only one unprovoked non-fatal attack reported last year, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ...

A Canadian woman who lost both her hands was in “hip deep clear water” when a “seven-foot bull shark” first bumped into her ...

Shark attacks rare in Turks and Caicos Shark attacks are rare in the ... in the Caribbean have urged caution. In the Cayman Islands feeding sharks has been illegal since 2022 because of the ...

Egypt, the Maldives, Western Sahara, the Turks and Caicos Islands, French Polynesia, Mozambique, India, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Belize each reported one unprovoked shark attack.

However, shark attacks in the Turks and Caicos Islands are relatively rare. Between 2021 and 2025, there were four reported shark attacks, all non-fatal. The Turks and Caicos Islands are known for ...

Egypt, the Maldives, Western Sahara, the Turks and Caicos Islands, French Polynesia, Mozambique, India, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Belize each reported one unprovoked shark attack.

It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, and the woman is expected to survive. Her identity has not been released. “The shark was ...