Scientists say the sand tiger shark was most likely mistaken for a dogfish as the species returns to the region. A sand tiger shark is brought to the aquarium of the northern Spanish Basque city of ...

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A shark was reportedly stabbed by a fisherman and left for dead on a local beach over the weekend, as a leading shark researcher urged fishers to “be aware these protected sharks are out here.” The ...

P.J. Braun is known as the "shark man" — so it's not surprising, in a way, that he caught a seven-foot sand tiger shark recently in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. This "definitely gained a lot of ...

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There have been multiple sightings of great white sharks in New England waters this summer, as there typically are. But there are other sharks in the area, including in Boston Harbor. And scientists ...

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 ...

The 20-year-old was in waist-deep water when she was bitten on Long Island, N.Y., officials said Officials believe a woman was likely bitten by a young sand tiger shark during a beach trip in June The ...

Fifteen miles off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, I descended through blue-green water along the anchor line that connected our dive boat to a shipwreck resting ninety feet below. This wasn ...