Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy confirmed the shark sighting. The shark was seen circling a boat and then swam away.

Learn all about great white sharks and the research into their lives from the experts who study them in the Cape Cod area.

There may not be as many tourists on Cape Cod this summer, but there will be sharks. Shark season on the Cape kicked off with a bang on Wednesday, as the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and Greg Skomal tagged three white sharks who were circling a whale carcass off Monomoy Island during their first research trip. A shark sighting was…

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tagged three great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod Wednesday, catching it all on video.

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.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy goes through their top local shark videos of the season and recaps the research conducted this year in the season finale of Shark Tales.

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.