A photo of a washed-up shark on Cape Cod offers a rare close-up look at the elusive animal. The 6-foot porbeagle shark was found dead just north of on Marconi Beach Sunday, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, which shared the photo on Facebook.

A long-awaited report on what to do about the great white sharks prowling Cape Cod waters offered more than two dozen suggestions but concluded there is nothing that can provide 100% safety. The report by the Woods Hole Group — a coalition of towns, the Cape Cod National Seashore and Atlantic White Shark Conservancy — was released Wednesday.

Cape Cod officials are expected to release a long-awaited report on ways the tourist destination can deal with a growing population of great white sharks. The Woods Hole Group will present its findings Thursday at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham.

This week we look at a stunning shark photo, talk shark babies and learn shark facts from some adorable kids. (Collaboration with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.)

Environmental officials on Friday shared a startling photo of a white shark swimming close to a surfer off a popular Cape Cod beach.

Officials on Cape Cod are reflecting on the one-year anniversary of Massachusetts’ first fatal shark attack in more than 80 years. Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom tells The Cape Cod Times that the famous tourist region has improved its emergency response following the death of 26-year-old Revere resident Arthur Medici last Sept. 15 while bodyboarding off a beach in Wellfleet.

A Cape Cod beach was temporarily shut down to swimming Friday after multiple shark sightings.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water Thursday after a confirmed shark sighting at a Cape Cod beach.

A Cape Cod beach was temporarily closed to swimming twice Wednesday after shark sightings.

Sharks were sighted or detected at beaches on Cape Cod and at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Friday, one of them eating a seal just 25 feet from shore and another seen jumping out of the water. The great white shark seen eating the seal was a stone’s throw from shore about a quarter mile north of Nauset Public Beach in Orleans, the...

Sharks were sighted or detected at beaches on Cape Cod and at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Friday, one of them eating a seal just 25 feet from shore and another seen jumping out of the water. The great white shark seen eating the seal was a stone’s throw from shore about a quarter mile north of Nauset Public Beach in Orleans, the...

A Cape Cod beach was closed temporarily to swimmers Wednesday morning after a shark sighting. Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts was closed to swimming for at least one hour after the shark was sighted at 10:27 a.m., according to the Sharktivity app.

White shark sightings and shark-related beach closings have surged on Cape Cod this summer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean more sharks have flocked to the waters. More people on the lookout for sharks and increased vigilance have contributed to burgeoning numbers of shark sightings, says Megan Winton, a research scientist for the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.

A Cape Cod beach was temporarily closed to swimming Wednesday after a shark sighting. Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts was closed until at least 11:15 a.m. after the white shark was spotted, according to the Sharktivity app.

At least three Cape Cod beaches were temporarily closed to swimming Monday after shark sightings. Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet Monday morning after a shark was spotted, according to the Sharktivity app.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet Tuesday after a shark sighting. The beach was closed to swimming until at least 10:20 after a white shark was spotted, according to the Sharktivity app.

Multiple shark sightings have closed beaches in Cape Cod and Nantucket on Sunday. A shark spotted at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro on Sunday led officials to close the beach to swimmers until given further notice.

A shark sighting Saturday afternoon temporarily closed a Cape Cod beach to swimming. Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro is closed to swimmers until 5 p.m. after a shark was spotted nearby its shoreline.

Town beaches in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have been temporarily closed to swimmers after a confirmed shark sighting. Swimming at Plymouth beaches will be suspended for three hours after the harbormaster received a report from a lobsterman who said he saw a nearly 9-foot long white shark at the surface alongside his boat.