A great white shark named Ernst has surfaced unusually close to the Alabama shore after traveling over 3,000 miles.

THE Irish gran of swim hero Austin Appelbee has hailed her teen grandson for saving their family. The 13-year-old lad swam for FOUR hours to raise the alarm after his mother and two siblings were ...

In August 1943, a young PT boat commander named Jack Kennedy faced disaster when a Japanese destroyer rammed and sank PT-109 in the Solomon Islands. Stranded, wounded, and hunted, Kennedy led his ...

The Meath-based uncle of the teenager who saved his family by swimming against all odds in a miraculous rescue in western ...

Austin Appelbee battled against rough waves for about four hours to make it to shore and alert authorities after he, his mum and two siblings were swept out to sea ...

THE Irish mother of a 13-year-old boy who swam for four hours to raise the alarm after his family were swept out to sea has opened up on “one of the hardest decisions I ever had to ...

A MOTHER has relived the agonising moment she sent her 13-year-old son on a life or death four hour swim in shark-infested waters to save his stranded family. Joanne Appelbee, 47, and her three ...

Australian 13-year-old Austin Appelbee swam for four hours through shark-prone waters to save his family after they were ...

Joanne Appelbee and her family got into difficulty in Quindalup, southwest western Australia when strong winds pushed their inflatable paddleboards and a kayak offshore from Geographe Bay ...

Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report ...

An Aussie teen has been hailed as a hero after swimming four kilometres through choppy waters to save his mother and two ...

Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL), one of the state's most ecologically productive estuaries, is facing a growing but ...