Some of the world's top skateboarders view the Summer Games as '"just another contest," while athletes from other new sports say the Olympics say will be their "pinnacle."

A surfer off the Massachusetts coast had an uncomfortably close encounter with a great white shark and moment was captured by a photographer on shore.

A California photographer taking drone video of some hydrofoilers captured video of the apparently oblivious people being surrounded by great white sharks.

A 16-year-old Hawaii surfer said he had a lucky escape when a shark came up out of the water and bit a huge chunk out of his surfboard.

A California man pleaded guilty Wednesday to paying a $250,000 bribe to get his son accepted to the University of Southern California as a fake member of the school's volleyball team.

The Tokyo Olympic Games are a year away, and Japan is beginning a countdown to what it hopes will be a major boost to a nation looking to shake off decades-long economic doldrums and fallout from the 2011 earthquake.

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics unveiled a series of robots on Monday, bringing a high-tech edge to the Games they are billing as the most innovative ever.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was swinging a machete while riding horseback Thursday in Costa Rica.

An 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while swimming off the coast of North Carolina, officials said.

A photographer at a California beach captured video of the moment a pod of friendly dolphins decided to join a group of surfers.

A California man who lost his Apple Watch while body surfing in the ocean said it was returned to him six months later -- and it still works.

When researchers tracked the migration patterns of Galapagos giant tortoises, they found the reptiles' movements are weakly associated with climate conditions.

Nominees for the 23rd annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday.

A Jet Ski rescuer at a popular California surfing spot evacuated the water after a caught-on-camera close encounter with a large great white shark.

An Australian family returning from a camping trip discovered an unexpected stowaway when a tree snake crawled out from under the hood of their car.