Every autumn, reports of great white sharks pinging off the Florida coast circulate widely on social media, often accompanied by a tracking map showing a named shark’s satellite tag pinging just ...

Walt Golet and his team capture a shark in the Gulf of Maine in the summer of 2025. (Courtesy of the University of Maine) ORONO — Discovery’s Shark Week began Sunday. And right on cue, a nearly ...

With real-time tracking apps like Ocearch and local community alert pages at peak summer usage, beachgoers are checking shark pings as often as the weather. But are these apps really as accurate and ...