Reports of shark attacks on surfers appear in the media quite regularly. Researchers have decided to address the issue.

New research has found that using lights on the bottom side of a surfboard or kayak could put great white sharks off ...

The days of avoiding the water could finally be a thing of the past, as scientists from Macquarie University have found a ...

A study suggests that wrapping a surfboard in very bright lights — like aquatic Christmas trees — could make the surfer less ...

Taking inspiration from this, Australian scientists tested a similar strategy ... which has one of the world’s highest sightings of the Great Whites. Teen surfer survives shark attack in Florida The ...

but research released on Tuesday by Australian scientists found it might actually stave off attacks. Biologist Laura Ryan ...

Covering your surfboard in bright lights sounds like an open invitation to great white sharks, but research released Tuesday ...

Biologist Laura Ryan said the predator often attacked its prey from underneath, occasionally mistaking a ... shark attacks ...

This means that sometimes the sharks mistake a surfer's silhouette ... Most attacks are associated with people surfing and ...

Being attacked by a shark is pretty low on the list of things you actually need to worry about based on the statistics, but ...

They are thought to be colour blind and sometimes mistake a ... Most attacks are associated with people surfing and ...