In one recent four-year period, researchers counted more than 800 white shark sightings off the Cape Cod coast.

This sandy stretch of peninsula itself is about 70 miles long, broken up into the Upper Cape, Mid Cape, and the Lower and ...

“This basking shark may look like it’s smiling but sadly, it is not,” shark researcher John Chisholm wrote. “This poor individual stranded on a beach along Cape Cod Bay. There are a lot of baskos ...

From fear to fascination: That’s how humans’ view of great white sharks has evolved, scientists say, since the movie “Jaws” took the world by storm in 1975. On Cape Cod, this 50th anniversary summer ...

“Typically, white sharks migrate between mid-May and late June from their overwintering grounds off the southeastern U.S. to ...

As summer approaches, Cape Cod researchers are using innovative technology to study shark behavior and enhance safety for beachgoers.

With summer nearly here, researchers in Cape Cod are using new technology to study sharks minute by minute, aiming to keep beachgoers safe during shark season."We want everybody to know what we ...

Discover the charm of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard with our guide highlighting beaches, history and local ...

More than 15 shark species swim in Cape Cod and Island waters, from porbeagles to nurse sharks, thresher, blue, mako, sandbar and sand tiger sharks.

The first white shark of the season was spotted off of Nantucket on May 11, but they aren't the only sharks that live in Massachusetts water. Ryan Knotek, an associate research scientist with the ...