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See amazing video of a group of beachgoers saving a shark in Ocean City, Maryland.

White sharks were busy off the Massachusetts coast on Saturday morning, closing beaches in Nantucket and gathering off Cape Cod. Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Ladies, Miacomet and Cisco beaches on Nantucket for two hours after a shark was spotted, the island’s harbormaster said. The Sharktivity app, which tracks the fish, didn’t immediately note a sighting...

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More than 15 confirmed shark sightings have been reported off the coast of Cape Cod this weekend. The majority of the 13 sightings on Saturday that were confirmed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy were along the Outer Cape near North Beach Island and Monomoy Island in Chatham. In addition, one shark was spotted off the coast of Provincetown. Three…

Shark season on Cape Cod appears to be heating up, as six great white sharks were spotted off the coast on Friday morning and 20 have been spotted over the past two days alone. The first sighting on Friday was reported at 9:17 a.m. off North Beach Island, followed by subsequent sightings at 9:28 a.m. just outside the north inlet…

Just in time for Shark Week, shark sightings off the coast of Massachusetts — and Maine! — have begun to rise in recent weeks and days. In the past two days alone, there have been over a dozen great white sightings. Most of them are off Cape Cod, and shark buoys stationed off the coast have captured some incredible images…

Shark sightings have become common on the Cape, but it’s unusual to see one as far south as Westport, and the unconfirmed people has people talking.

Nearly three months after ex-GM Doug Wilson stepped down, the Sharks officially have a new general manager.

It’s shark season on Cape Cod, and even the Massachusetts State Police are getting in on the action. A police helicopter went out on shark patrol this week, bringing along New England Aquarium scientist John Chisholm, and they spotted a shark about 50 yards from Provincetown’s Race Point Beach, officials said. The animal was near a group of seals...

A Massachusetts State Police helicopter flew over Race Point Beach on Cape Cod Wednesday to look for sharks and found this one near a group of wary seals.

The warning signs are up, and people know to be aware, thanks to more than a decade of research. Most sharks return to the Cape between August and October. But even though it’s still early in the season, the sharks are definitely here. Here’s what beachgoers should know.

Summer is also shark season on Cape Cod, and people are now aware of the dangers thanks to more than a decade of research. Typically, sharks return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands in mid-June. This year the sightings started early, with the first confirmed sighting on Sunday, May 29.  It has become common for beaches to…

People are returning to the beaches of Cape Cod, and so are the sharks. Years of research help us understand their behavior.

A Cape Cod beach was closed to swimming for an hour on Tuesday afternoon after a great white shark was spotted near shore. Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, Massachusetts, was closed from 1 to 2 p.m., according to the Sharktivity app. It’s the latest of numerous shark sightings in recent weeks and comes just days before the busy…

A white shark was spotted cruising around Cape Cod Bay in a video posted by a travel experience business. Employees of the travel company, Off Cape Experiences, were pulling lobster traps when they spotted the shark, popularly known as the great white shark, about 100 yards from the boat, according to a Facebook post Wednesday. They estimated it was about…

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.

Typically, sharks don’t return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands until mid-June. But shark season got off to an early start this year, as about a dozen have already been spotted off the Massachusetts coast. The first confirmed sighting was on Sunday, May 29. A great white shark was spotted near the Great Point Lighthouse on Nantucket….

With many people returning to Cape Cod as the weather gets warmer, sharks are expected back, as well.

Shark’s in the water. But is it near swimmers? Soon, New England beachgoers will know. An aquarium and environmental organization are working together to collect better data about shark sightings and help keep people informed of when the animals are nearby. Representatives with the New England Aquarium in Boston and Chatham, Massachusetts-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said Wednesday their...

Researchers are turning to beach-goers to track as many shark sightings as possible by submitting pictures and video through the Sharktivity app.