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A drone captured these white sharks swimming along the coast in Del Mar, California.

The NHL did not find any evidence supporting the allegations that Evander Kane bet on league games. The league is now investigating recent allegations of potential wrongdoing by Kane.

Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular vacation destination saw its first great white shark attacks in generations

The National Hockey League on Saturday said it is launching an investigation into allegations that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane bet on NHL games.

Researchers with Maine’s Department of Marine Resources have placed dozens of buoys off of beaches to track white sharks. They could help prevent incidents like Maine’s first fatal shark attack, which occurred off of Bailey Island last July. There are 32 buoys total stretching from York in southern Maine to Squirrel Island, near Boothbay on the Midcoast, according to...

Now that shark season is officially here, researchers on Cape Cod are busy trying to find a way to predict when the animals are swimming close to the shore.

A massive shark seen on video lurking around a tall ship off the coast of Massachusetts has social media in an uproar.

A massive shark seen on video lurking around a tall ship off the coast of Massachusetts has social media in an uproar.

Sharks aren’t mindless killers — they are smart, social creatures that play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem. But globally, tens of millions of sharks are killed every year. LX News host Tabitha Lipkin took a swim with some sharks to teach us more about why we should care about their fate, and what we can do to help...

A New York man pleaded guilty to illegally keeping protected sharks in a pool at his Dutchess County home and selling them over the Internet, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Joshua Seguine, 40, of LaGrangeville, pleaded guilty to illegal commercialization for having and intending to sell seven sandbar sharks, the AG’s office said in a statement. According...

A fisherman in New Jersey caught a great white shark earlier this month as officials in the tri-state report a record number of shark sightings in the region. The surge in shark sightings this summer has been largely on Long Island where the highest number of sharks have been spotted in nearly 200 years. Bull sharks seen near the shore…

Shark sightings are down as a result of less people out on the water but sharks are still expected to be out in regular levels around Cape waters.

It’s that time of the year when shark sightings start to pick up around Cape Cod. While sightings and reports have been down compared to this time last year, that doesn’t mean they’re not in our local waters. “Sharks are here,” said Megan Winton, a Research Scientist for the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. “They’re still here even if you’re...

Researchers at the Atlantic Shark Institute detected four great white sharks Wednesday in the waters near Block Island, Rhode Island. Seven acoustic receivers detected the presence of the sharks, which range in length from 8 to more than 13 feet, in the waters near the island, the institute’s officials said in a news release. The sensors were installed as a…

Swimmers were ordered out of the water Sunday in Plymouth and at a Cape Cod beach after sharks were detected, as the number of shark sightings continues to climb as the summer progresses. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said a white shark was spotted 20 yards off of Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro. Swimmers were ordered out of…

Unprovoked shark attacks around the world decreased last year, although they rose in the United States, according to researchers.

In recent years there has been an increase in shark sightings in New England. While beachgoers aren’t too happy to be sharing the waters with great whites, the rise in shark sightings is actually something of a success story, and it’s up to us to find a way to co-exist.

With the announcement that Michael Phelps will race a shark for Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” we take a look back at five times athletes competed against animals.

While shark attacks are rare, more people are killed by electrocution by Christmas lights each year, here is a guide on what to do if you should find yourself in such a precarious position.

San Diego scientists are among the research team that discovered how and why some sharks glow deep underwater. They used a special “shark-eye” cam to create amazing images in the waters off San Diego.