BLOCK ISLAND — A large shark made a surprise showing in the sheltered waters off Block Island this week. The Atlantic Shark ...

A massive 20-foot shark was captured on video amid boaters off the Northeast coast.Clear images of its dorsal fin were caught ...

A large shark spotted near Block Island is causing a stir online. A 20 foot basking shark was spotted in the Great Salt Pond ...

A basking shark, which is a filter feeder, stopped by Block Island's Great Salt Pond, and became a social media star.

Starting Tuesday, people may start receiving “Aqua Alerts” to their phone if they’re nearby a maritime emergency.

The increase in shark sightings has also continued at New York City beaches as well as Long Island’s North Shore. Thirteen shark bites were recorded on Long Island in just the past two years.

Two shark sightings have been reported off the coast of Long Island, bringing the number of shark sightings to five since Thursday. The Town of Hempstead responded by adding five new drones to a ...

Two shark sightings on Monday — one at Lido Beach and another at Jones Beach — brought to five the number seen in Long Island waters since Thursday. Before sharks were spotted off the coast ...

Swimming was temporarily suspended Monday afternoon at Lido Beach in Hempstead after a confirmed shark sighting ... surveillance of sharks off Long island earlier this summer.

Not so in 2024, when so far the grand total of both shark attacks and shark sightings at Long Island state beaches is zero. “Knock on wood,” said George Gorman, Long Island regional director ...

It’s part of a $1 million program New York announced Friday, which will deploy dozens of shark monitoring drones to downstate beach municipalities along the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound.

The encounters came after similar ones last year forced lifesaving departments on Long Island to take shark sightings and interactions more seriously. “This makes it clear that last summer was ...