Authorities in Maine said Tuesday the shark that killed a woman in a rare attack off the state’s coast was a great white. The shark bite killed Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, of New York City, ...

A woman swimming off the coast of Maine on Monday died after being attacked by a great white shark, marking the first fatal shark attack ever recorded in the state.

A summer resident of Bailey Island was Maine's first recorded fatality from a great white shark attack. (Jim Gerberich / Associated Press) ...

Experts say unprovoked shark attacks are incredibly rare. Monday's incident, one professor said, was the first unprovoked shark attack documented.

Maine has never had a fatal shark attack. Why now? Despite Monday’s fatality, attacks on humans are rare and often accidental.

But before the fictional story of a killer shark terrorizing a sleepy beach town, there was the very real summer of 1916 at the Jersey Shore. Five shark attacks in less than two weeks that left four ...