A veteran cop from Mercer County was killed in a fiery crash, and a swimmer was injured when a needlefish stabbed him, ...

A swimmer was hospitalized after he was stabbed in the leg possibly by a needlefish on Long Beach Island over the weekend, ...

Long Beach Township police and the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad believe a needlefish, not a shark, is responsible for ...

They are commonly found in coastal waters, bays and estuaries. While needlefish are not aggressive, they often jump out of ...

A rare ocean creature may be behind a swimmer's painful encounter at the Jersey Shore, officials said.A swimmer suffered a ...

An adult male swimmer was injured in the water at Barnegat Light. Witnesses described a puncture hole in the calf.

Needlefish are much more commonly found near the coastline where surfers would be, Jeanine Sepulveda, a marine biologist at MiraCosta College, told USA TODAY.

Needlefish typically lunge at their targets from around 1.5 feet away. At Heron Island, the fish started their leaping attacks when they were six feet away from the targets, ...

The surfing community is mourning the passing of Italy’s Giulia Manfrini, who died last month after being struck in the chest by a leaping needlefish. The bizarre incident occurred Oct. 18 as ...

An Italian surfer died last week after being impaled by a needlefish in the waters off Masokut Island in Indonesia. Antara, a local news agency, reported that 36-year-old Giulia Manfrini had been ...