Shark season off the coast of Massachusetts is in full swing. The Chatham-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app has reported great whites coming as close as 50 feet from the ...

Some great white sharks have journeyed past Cape Cod and are now lurking in the water off the coast of northern New England. There have been two confirmed great white shark sightings off Maine this ...

You can probably guess which shark species is most popular. Steven Spielberg's seminal blockbuster Jaws (1975) swam into theaters the summer of 1975. Fifty years later, great whites like the movie's ...

Experts have long tried to dispel the notion of sharks as bloodthirsty killers of the seas. In reality, the animal is more curious, and humans are not part of its natural diet. Yet, in extremely rare ...

At least 1,660 "unprovoked" shark attacks have been reported in the U.S. since the 1800s. Florida leads the nation in the number of attacks, with far more than any other state. The International Shark ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Leonard P. Schultz was an ...

In the beginning, all Chip Michalove wanted was to see one, just once. The charismatic charter captain had built a career on Hilton Head Island by reeling in eight-foot sharks for tourists. But in ...

When a Monterey County woman died in a shark attack off Pacific Grove in late December, it was the 17th such fatality in 75 years off the coast of California. Most of those incidents involved white ...