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A 12 to 14 foot shark was spotted Sunday at Race Point Beach in Provincetown in water that was just about three to four feet deep.

Authorities will investigate whether a dead tiger shark caught in a net off an Australian beach killed a surfer

At least three surfers reported seeing a shark fin in the water off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Monday morning, prompting lifeguards to shut down area beaches and triggering a search that stretched into neighboring Rockport. The sightings, which happened around 11 a.m. at Long Beach, sent swimmers running from the water, eyewitnesses said. “I saw, like, a little fin…

A shark is believed to have been seen off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The past week was another busy one for shark sightings. Sharks were spotted off the coast of Maine, off Hampton Beach in New Hampshire, off Nantucket, and mostly swimming and feeding off Cape Cod. This summer, sharks have been spotted further north than in recent years, in areas like New Hampshire and southern Maine, where a woman was fatally attacked…

At least eight great white sharks were spotted Sunday along Cape Cod, causing the closure of several beaches for part of the day. Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, was ordered closed to swimming until 2 p.m. following the detection of a great white shark by a real-time receiver, the Sharktivity App. Coast Guard Beach was closed to swimming from…

At least eight great white sharks were spotted along Cape Cod on Sunday.

A total of four great white sharks were reported in the Chatham area. There was also a confirmed sighting that closed Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, and another that closed Newcomb Hollow Beach. Coast guard Beach in Truro was also closed Saturday due to a shark sighting.

As the coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay put, it gave sharks a travel passport and scientists a rare opportunity

A team of scientists and fisherman with nonprofit Ocearch are preparing to depart for an expedition to tag and track sharks for research, founder Chris Fischer said.

A week after Maine’s first-ever fatal shark attack, beach restrictions at state parks are being lifted. From last Monday through Sunday, swimmers at Crescent Beach, Popham Beach, Ferry Beach and Reid State Parks were all limited to water up to their ankles, knees or waists, depending on the location. On Friday, Maine Marine Patrol confirmed it found a shark...

July and August are prime shark season in New England, especially off Cape Cod. But already this summer, numerous sharks have been spotted even further north, in areas like the North Shore of Massachusetts and even southern Maine, where a woman was fatally attacked by a great white last month. So far, there have been over 250 shark sightings off…

A Pennsylvania family vacationing on Cape Cod had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Reigels spotted several sharks Saturday about a quarter mile off the coast of Nauset Beach in Eastham. “We said we wanted to see sharks and we actually saw about five, six great whites,” Lee Ann Reigel said. One shark even came up to the small boat, chartered with…

The Reigels, vacationing on Cape Cod from Pennsylvania, spotted several sharks Saturday about a quarter mile off the coast of Nauset Beach in Eastham.

There have been a number of shark sightings in recent days, including in Plymouth, Eastham, and Chatham.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts Sunday morning after a shark sighting, a day after at least two sharks were seen in the same area. The Sharktivity app reported just after 10 a.m. the beach had been closed for an hour after a white shark was spotted off the beach. On Saturday…

At least two white sharks, also known as great white sharks, were seen off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Saturday afternoon, according to the Sharktivity App and Massachusetts State Police, closing the water for the majority of the day. Swimmers at the Cape Cod beach were initially ordered out of the water until 11 a.m., but the water remained…

There were at least two confirmed shark sightings Saturday at the beach in Wellfleet.

Dr. James Sulikowski, who has been studying sharks off Maine, shares his thoughts on the shark attack that killed a swimmer this week, and how you can reduce the risk of a shark attack.