sharks

BOSTON (AP) - A prominent shark researcher says smaller, younger great white sharks are being spotted in larger numbers off Cape Cod. Massachusetts marine biologist Greg Skomal says the presence of juvenile sharks could be contributing to more encounters with humans because the young sharks tend to favor the large fish anglers also prize...

Jay claims that sharks kill for the hell of it, and I called bull-shark.

The date was July 25th, 1936... the last recorded shark fatality in Massachusetts.

Apparently Shark Week 2016 was last week. Did you know? Because I didn't. Not only did I not see one single promotion for it, it wasn't even on my mind since I'm so used to it airing in either July or August. I have no memory of it ever running in June on Discovery Channel...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say two Massachusetts men printed up bogus Stanley Cup Final tickets and tried to sell them outside the Penguins arena. Police say Quincy resident John Green and Wareham resident Ronald Seeley were spotted Wednesday outside Consol Energy Center, where the Penguins were hosting the San Jose Sharks in the second game of the best-of-seven series...

The rays and sharks are on the road, but it's not a ball game. The New Bedford Ocean Explorium packed up cow-nose rays, Atlantic stingrays, and white spotted bamboo sharks to be transported to Mysitc Aquarium in Connecticut. The sea creatures will be incorporated into already existing exhibits at Mystic...

The Ocean Explorium and Buttonwood Park Zoological Society could eventually merge. The two organizations announced yesterday that they would launch a study into whether its feasible to bring the Explorium's programs into the zoo's operations...

A new brochure being distributed on Cape Cod warning people about the possibility of sharks has some people wondering if it goes too far and might hurt tourism. The brochures were distributed by consortium of harbormasters and other officials...

With August approaching, shark sighting off of Cape Cod are expected to increase. The research vessel Ocearch is docked in New Bedford preparing to embark on it's 17th expedition studying sharks.

The summer of 1975 was the year that Steven Spielberg's movie 'Jaws' hit the big screen and scared many swimmers out of the ocean.