This is not your parents’ Boston Harbor. Once unthinkable when the harbor was nasty and polluted, today’s cleaner waters have actually become a desirable shark habitat as young sharks migrate here ...

A 20-year-old woman was swimming in waist-deep water at a popular beach in Long Island, New York, when officials believe she was most likely bitten by a young sand tiger shark earlier this week. EMTs ...

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches and families are planning beach time, some people on Long Island have lingering fears of the ocean. Now an all-out shark safety blitz is underway at Jones ...

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Fifty years ago, the first summer blockbuster made people wonder if it's safe to go in the water. "Jaws" was nightmare fuel for people who enjoyed going to the beach but wondered if the apex predator ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Islanders aren’t the only ones swimming in Narragansett Bay this summer. Jon Dodd, the executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, said this season has been a ...