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No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.

A 17-year-old was bitten off Galveston while trying to haul a shark aboard his fishing boat on Memorial Day.

• Immediate response mattered: His...

A filmmaker captured a great white shark attacking his camera amid heavy bait and sea lion activity, describing it as an intense but educational...

A Maui couple's level-headed response during a tiger shark attack shows how staying calm can de-escalate a dangerous encounter.

• Cheslei Akima and...

Juvenile great white Cross just pinged east of Atlantic City on his northward spring route, joining tagged sharks like Nori and Quint. OCEARCH tracking confirms these reliable seasonal paths and boosts public awareness of conservation needs.

A teenager was bitten by a shark offshore near Galveston on Monday and taken to a hospital, amid a 12 ft great white shark sighting in shallow water nearby.

Shark-human interactions are spiking from Egypt to California, underscoring the push for better awareness.

• Egypt attacks: Viral footage of a 2023...

A formal petition urges the U.S. to sanction China over illegal shark finning, potentially banning $1.5 billion in Chinese seafood imports under the...

A 2.6-million-year-old megamouth shark tooth found on Okinawa's eastern coast shows these elusive giants once inhabited Japanese waters, with the one-centimeter fossil indicating a specimen far larger than those living today.

Tagged sharks with temperature sensors can fill important gaps in ocean data collection, per a WHOI study by Laura McDonnell. Don't send a buoy to do a shark's job.

Shark Sightings and Encounters

• White Shark Migration: White shark Goodall traveled roughly 6,000 miles and took an unexpected detour through the...

• Galveston: 17-year-old hospitalized after shark bite
• Huntington Beach: Ocean access closed after shark sighting near pier
• Lifeguards cleared swimmers from the area

Dr. Gonzalo Araujo highlights how well-managed shark ecotourism can support conservation by benefiting sharks, communities, and marine ecosystems....

Juvenile great whites are displaying curious behavior around humans, with one inspecting and biting a kayaker's camera before swimming away. Linked to...

White shark Goodall's 6,000-mile journey took an unexpected detour through the Bahamas rather than her typical northward path to cooler waters....

A surfer off Assateague Island, Maryland, suffered only minor cuts in a rare shark encounter identified as likely a tiger shark, refused treatment,...

Drone footage captured a juvenile great white shark biting a kayaker's camera off the Southern California coast. The incident underscores the value of caution over fear, with advice to check beach conditions and give marine life space.

• Photographer Ed Sloane suffered minor ankle puncture wounds and lost a flipper in the attack near Raglan during the New Zealand Pro semi-finals.
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A 17-year-old suffered serious injuries from a shark bite while aboard a disabled boat near Galveston Beach, remaining conscious and alert after two...