Former Australian Navy diver Paul de Gelder is scared of only two things in life: sharks and public speaking. But after losing his right hand and leg in a shark attack during a routine military ...

Our ape-like predecessors kept their stout figures for 2 million years because having short legs ironically gave them the upper-hand in male-male combat for access to mates, finds a new study. Living ...

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The mother of one of two teenage girls attacked by a shark in Florida over the weekend described the horror of seeing her daughter looking “lifeless” after having her hand and part of her leg bitten ...

Lulu Gribbin was one of three people attacked by a shark off the Florida panhandle on Friday, June 7 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in ...

Neanderthals had shorter lower legs than we do, leading scientists to theorize that this was an adaptation to the cold times in which they lived, even if it slowed them down. But two scientists offer ...