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A tiger shark nicknames Queen Nikki leaps out of the water, just as a marine conservationist is about to dive in.

A tiger shark jumped out of the water and bit a marine conservationist’s fins in a video that has gone viral.

Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline, the Coast Guard said.

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Members of a charter group fishing off Monhegan, Maine, in late August were startled when a seven-foot mako shark landed in their boat.

This summer and last have each brought talk of legendary megalodon sharks apparently spotted in the ocean off New England. So are megalodons really back?

A team of shark experts were shocked to see an image that appeared to be a 50-foot-long Megalodon on a sonar while on a research trip off New England’s coast.

Researchers have created a 3D model of the Megalodon shark, the biggest predatory fish of all time, using fossil evidence. The model is helping researchers learn more clues about the shark’s life, that is estimated to have lived 2.3 million to 2.6 million years ago. Dr. Tracy Fanara joins LX News to talk more about this discovery.

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

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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…

For what it at least the fifth time this summer, a surfer on Long Island was bitten by a shark while in the waters on a hot day.

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…

A series of shark-related incidents has shut down some of Long Island’s most popular beaches in recent weeks, and experts say the trend is likely to continue. But according to them, it’s not a bad thing. Here’s why.

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...

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…

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…

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….

A massive 1,000-pound great white shark named “Ironbound” was recently recorded swimming near the New Jersey Shore.