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WATCH: 16-Foot Tiger Shark Jumps Out of Water to Greet Diver
A tiger shark jumped out of the water and bit a marine conservationist’s fins in a video that has gone viral.
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Spectacular Flying Shark Photo Captures Internet's Attention
A photographer capturing images of surfers during the Annual San Onofre Surf Club contest captured a great white shark photobombing one of his pictures. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on Oct. 25, 2022.
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Spectacular Flying Shark Photo Captures Internet's Attention
A local photographer snapped the photo, focusing on a surfer, not realizing until later that Jaws was flying high in the background on the San Onofre water.
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‘No Way This Is Happening': Video of Shark Jumping Into Boat Goes Viral
A wild meeting with a high-flying shark caught on camera in Maine is going viral.
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‘Once in a Lifetime' Whale Shark Sighting Off the Coast of San Diego
A nearly 25-feet long whale shark was spotted swimming up to a San Diego Whale Watch boat. It spent a few minutes swimming around the curious onlookers, putting on quite the show. NBC 7’s Dana Williams spoke with the captain who captured the rare moment on video.
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WATCH: Shark Spotted Attacking Seal Just Off Cape Cod Beach on July Fourth
A woman who was celebrating the Fourth of July at a beach on Cape Cod captured quite a scene when she recorded a shark finding its dinner just off the shoreline. Kim Reilly was near the water’s edge on the north side of Nauset Outer Beach in Orleans with her family when a shark began attacking a seal around 8:30…
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Video Shows Shark Feeding on Seal Off Nauset Beach
Kim Reilly captured video on the Fourth of July that shows a shark attacking a seal just off Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts.
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WATCH: Great White Shark Seen Swimming in Cape Cod Bay
A 15-foot great white shark was seen swimming in Cape Cod Bay in mid-June, a time when sharks typically return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands for the summer season.
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Researchers Launch Shark Spotting Program
Researchers are turning to beach-goers to track as many shark sightings as possible by submitting pictures and video through the Sharktivity app.
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Cape Cod Survey Measures Views on Seals & Sharks
Researchers hope gathering information on the public’s perspectives on sharks will help leaders determine how to move forward while also protecting the environment.
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Cape Cod Survey Measures Views On Seals, Sharks
Cape Cod voters, tourists and commercial fishermen are all likely to recognize sharks as an important, beneficial piece of the local marine ecosystem, but when it comes to seals, the groups have more divergent views, according to newly published data. A survey of more than 1,800 people found significant similarities in how different groups of people think about sharks in…
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Frozen Shark Washes Ashore on Cape Cod
Shark sightings have become a much more common occurrence off the shores of Cape Cod in recent summers. But a sighting was made earlier this week in the dead of winter, albeit a different kind of shark spotting: A dead thresher shark was found washed ashore near First Encounter Beach, according to Eastham Natural Resources. The Boston Herald reported that…
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WATCH: This White Shark Off Mass. Is Anything But Camera Shy
This shark was eager to flash its toothy grin for the camera! On Friday, Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries captured footage of a white shark that was chasing his camera underwater off the coast of Cape Cod. Based on the video shared by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy on Monday, the shark is anything but camera…
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Scientists Watched 32 Years of Shark Week — and Didn't Like What They Saw
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week event has been a television hit for decades, but what’s resonated with audiences hasn’t always done the same for shark scientists —plenty see serious flaws in the programming. One group of scientists has taken their criticism to the next level. They watched all 32 years of Shark Week to analyze who is represented on the...
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Newburyport Shark Fishing Tournament Becomes Subject of Controversy
The controversial shark fishing tournaments popular along the East Coast are now the target of conservationists who want events like these canceled. “You’re sending a message that sharks are entertainment,” said Massachusetts native and filmmaker Eli Roth, who directed a recent documentary focused on the killing of sharks. “We’re wiping them out for likes on Facebook and to give...
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Calls to End Newbury Shark and Tuna Tournament
Activitsts are calling for a shark fishing tournament in Newburyport to be canceled.
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Aiming to Identify Great White Spotted Eating Whale, Researchers Ask for Shark Photos
Scientists at the New England Aquarium are asking for help identifying a great white shark that was spotted eating a dead whale off the coast of Maine at the end of last week. On Friday, Steve Brettell and a friend captured the shark on camera shortly before the whale carcass washed up on Mother’s Beach in Kennebunk. Brettell said...
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Shark Spotted Off Cape Cod
A white shark was spotted off of Chatham on Friday afternoon, according to Sharktivity.
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Maine Looks to Track Sharks With New Buoys a Year After Fatal Shark Attack
After Maine’s first shark attack nearly a year ago, the state is adding new buoys to help track sharks.