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Great White Shark In Danger Of Going Extinct Within The Next 100 Years, Study Finds

Great White Shark In Danger Of Going Extinct Within The Next 100 Years, Study Finds

The great white shark could be extinct within the next 100 years, a new study finds. Published in Science Advances, the study finds that marine megafauna including great white sharks and whale sharks are at great risk due to the effects of climate change and human pollution in their ocean habitats. The report noted that […]

4y ago

Great White Shark Spotted Swimming Next To Surfer In Cape Cod

Great White Shark Spotted Swimming Next To Surfer In Cape Cod

A photograph taken at Nauset Beach captured an image of a man in a wet suit paddling on a surfboard, where a shark fin can be seen next to him. CBS News reports that people need to “remain vigilant,” as a great white shark was spotted off of Cape Cod. The Orleans Department of Natural […]

5y ago

12-Foot-Long Great White Shark Spotted Near Newcomb Hollow Beach In Cape Cod

12-Foot-Long Great White Shark Spotted Near Newcomb Hollow Beach In Cape Cod

CBS News reports that a great white shark, Ashley Grace, was spotted in Cape Cod Bay Monday afternoon — a sighting that is now marked on Sharktivity. The 12-foot-long shark, which was first tagged in August of 2016, was reportedly spotted off the coast of Wellfleet. After the sighting, the Facebook page for Wellfleet Lifeguards […]

5y ago

Shark Attack Kills 65-Year-Old Swimmer Off Coast Of Hawaii, First Reported Fatal U.S. Shark Attack Of 2019

Shark Attack Kills 65-Year-Old Swimmer Off Coast Of Hawaii, First Reported Fatal U.S. Shark Attack Of 2019

In the first fatal shark attack of 2019 in the United States, a 65-year-old California man died on Saturday after he was bitten by a shark while swimming off the coast of Hawaii, according to a report by KHNL TV News in Honolulu. The man’s name has not yet been made public, and the beach […]

5y ago

Viral Video Shows Surfers Come Together To Save Dying White Shark Stranded On Rocks, Guide It Back Into Ocean

Viral Video Shows Surfers Come Together To Save Dying White Shark Stranded On Rocks, Guide It Back Into Ocean

A great white shark is usually a very unwelcome sight for a surfer, but one stranded shark instead drew sympathy from a group of surfers in South Africa who came together to save the life of the toothy predator. As USA Today noted, the rescue took place after the surfers noticed that the small shark […]

5y ago

Model And Marine Biologist Comes Face To Face With Largest Shark In The World

Model And Marine Biologist Comes Face To Face With Largest Shark In The World

Around the holidays, Ocean Ramsey took some time for herself, performing yoga moves on the beach of Kai, Hawaii, with the beautiful ocean splashing behind her. The exhilarating shots she shared on Instagram of herself in a sports bra and athletic pants highlight her toned, athletic body that dives deep into the ocean to chase […]

5y ago

Divers Snap Breathtaking Pictures Of ‘Deep Blue,’ The 5,000-LB Great White Shark Considered The Biggest Ever

Divers Snap Breathtaking Pictures Of ‘Deep Blue,’ The 5,000-LB Great White Shark Considered The Biggest Ever

Divers in Hawaii have snapped breathtaking images of the largest great white shark ever recorded, a behemoth called “Deep Blue” that is 21 feet long and more than 5,000 pounds. The shark was spotted on Sunday by divers Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries, who dived into the water to swim alongside the gigantic shark and […]

5y ago

Man Escapes Shark Attack By Epically Punching Predator In The Gills

Man Escapes Shark Attack By Epically Punching Predator In The Gills

A shark attack survivor literally fought for his life and managed to escape what is presumed to be a great white shark by engaging in an epic battle with the marine predator. The man is 61-year-old neurologist William Lytton of Scarsdale, New York, who fended off a massive shark near a Cape Cod beach by […]

6y ago

Great White Shark Gives Family A Fright In Buzzards Bay

Great White Shark Gives Family A Fright In Buzzards Bay

What started as a fun, relaxing day for David Cody and his son Paul ended in a close encounter with one of the ocean’s top predators. The Codys were out boating in Buzzards Bay, southwest of Cape Cod, on Sunday afternoon when they came face to face with a great white shark, the Boston Globe […]

6y ago

Dead Great White Shark Washes Ashore On Cape Cod Beach, Found By Nine-Year-Old Boy

Dead Great White Shark Washes Ashore On Cape Cod Beach, Found By Nine-Year-Old Boy

In another reminder that the most feared predators of the ocean are subject to the whims and danger of the seas themselves, the corpse of a nine-foot great white shark washed ashore today in Pamet Harbor, a small tidal inlet off Cape Cod Bay in Truro, according to the Boston Globe. The remains of the […]

6y ago

Here’s How To Stream ‘Shark Week 2018’ So You Don’t Miss A Thing

Here’s How To Stream ‘Shark Week 2018’ So You Don’t Miss A Thing

Yes, they’ve been making headlines this summer for munching on the occasional swimmer, but they are also intriguing creatures we want to learn more about. The Discovery Channel has just the answer to our burning curiosity about the apex predators through its annual Shark Week event this week. Shark Week 2018 is back with a […]

6y ago

Great White Shark Circles Boat In Florida — Video Looks Like Scene Out Of ‘Jaws’

Great White Shark Circles Boat In Florida — Video Looks Like Scene Out Of ‘Jaws’

People are gravitating toward a new video clip posted on Instagram, which was recently taken in Florida by a group out on the water fishing. A huge great white shark is seen circling a small boat, shocking the occupants who were able to catch the ocean predator on video. In the video, the scene of […]

6y ago

Shark Attack Leaves Man’s Leg Badly Bitten While Spearfishing In Northern California

Shark Attack Leaves Man’s Leg Badly Bitten While Spearfishing In Northern California

A man spearfishing off a northern California beach was badly injured when he was attacked by a shark that took hold of his leg. The victim and his father were just a few hundred yards offshore of Pebble beach on Friday when the shark chomped down on the man’s thigh with its powerful jaws. According […]

7y ago

Great White Shark Attack Catapults Teen And Kayak Into Air: Brother Drags Her Across Shark’s Back Into Boat

Great White Shark Attack Catapults Teen And Kayak Into Air: Brother Drags Her Across Shark’s Back Into Boat

It was everything you could imagine from the movie Jaws, said 15-year-old Sarah Williams, who was kayaking when a 15-foot great white shark came up from underneath her and catapulted her into the air. The velocity with which the shark hit the girl was about the same you’d imagine if she was hit by a […]

7y ago

Michael Phelps Responds To Social Media Backlash For Not Racing An Actual Shark

Michael Phelps Responds To Social Media Backlash For Not Racing An Actual Shark

Shark Week 2017 kicked off Sunday night, and one of the big events viewers tuned in to see was Michael Phelps race a great white shark. However, the race caused a social media uproar since it wasn’t what many expected, and now the greatest Olympian of all time is responding to the backlash. The heavily-promoted […]

7y ago

Phelps’ Shark Race Deemed ‘Fake News’ — Outrage Over Computer-Generated Great White

Phelps’ Shark Race Deemed ‘Fake News’ — Outrage Over Computer-Generated Great White

Michael Phelps racing a great white shark was an event much anticipated for Sunday night’s kick off of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2017. So what happened to cause so much outrage after the race was finished? Phelps didn’t win, as the fastest time he’s been clocked in the water is about six mph, and […]

7y ago

Australia: As A Shark Jumps Into A Boat In Evans Head, New South Wales Orangutans Escape From The Zoo

Australia: As A Shark Jumps Into A Boat In Evans Head, New South Wales Orangutans Escape From The Zoo

People are always joking about how dangerous it is in Australia. They might use the searing weather or, more likely, the potentially hazardous wildlife to make their point. However, this weekend saw not only a great white shark jump into a boat at Evans Head in New South Wales, but animals also escape from a […]

7y ago

California Paddle-Boarders Warned To ‘Calmly’ Exit Water: ‘Next to Approximately 15 Great White Sharks’

California Paddle-Boarders Warned To ‘Calmly’ Exit Water: ‘Next to Approximately 15 Great White Sharks’

The last thing anyone participating in a water activity in the ocean wants to learn is that they are swimming next to a great white shark. A few California paddler-boarders received a terrifying warning when a helicopter flew overhead to alert them to “approximately 15 great white sharks” that were swimming close by. Video footage […]

7y ago

Hilton Head Anglers Catch 3,000 Pound Great White Shark Before Tagging Another

Hilton Head Anglers Catch 3,000 Pound Great White Shark Before Tagging Another

A fishing charter crew recently got more than they bargained for in the waters off Hilton Head, hooking and reeling in a 3,000 pound great white shark, which surprisingly wasn’t their first encounter of the day. The catch was made on Tuesday by Outcast Sport Fishing, which is operated by charter boat captain Chip Michalove. […]

8y ago

Great White Shark Attacks Seal Feet From Cape Cod Beach

Great White Shark Attacks Seal Feet From Cape Cod Beach

A late November visitor to a beach in Cape Cod captured unusual video of one of the region’s great white sharks, as the predator struck at a grey seal just a few feet from the shore in Truro. The dramatic clip was taken on November 26 by Kenvor Cothey, according to Cape Cod Today, and […]

8y ago

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