Sharks

Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular vacation destination saw its first great white shark attacks in generations

It’s that time of the year again when stunning leopard sharks return to La Jolla’s waters. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford speaks to a USD professor for more on the spectacular creatures.

It’s that time of the year when leopard sharks return to La Jolla for a few weeks in droves to incubate their embryos. The sight? Well, it’s fin-credible. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports.

It’s that time of the year when leopard sharks return to La Jolla for a few weeks in droves to incubate their embryos.

The National Hockey League on Saturday said it is launching an investigation into allegations that San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane bet on NHL games.

A young boy who was boating with his father off the coast of Catalina Island was hospitalized following a shark bite Wednesday morning.

Now that shark season is officially here, researchers on Cape Cod are busy trying to find a way to predict when the animals are swimming close to the shore.

It’s shark season according to local experts, and now they’re educating swimmers and surfers about how to enjoy the ocean even with great whites in the water.

A massive shark seen on video lurking around a tall ship off the coast of Massachusetts has social media in an uproar.

A massive shark seen on video lurking around a tall ship off the coast of Massachusetts has social media in an uproar.

Sharks aren’t mindless killers — they are smart, social creatures that play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem. But globally, tens of millions of sharks are killed every year. LX News host Tabitha Lipkin took a swim with some sharks to teach us more about why we should care about their fate, and what we can do to help...

A New York man pleaded guilty to illegally keeping protected sharks in a pool at his Dutchess County home and selling them over the Internet, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Joshua Seguine, 40, of LaGrangeville, pleaded guilty to illegal commercialization for having and intending to sell seven sandbar sharks, the AG’s office said in a statement. According...

Local surfer waved at a drone that was also video-recording a shark as it swam between her board and her boyfriend’s, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

Local surfer waved at a drone that was also video-recording a shark as it swam between her board and her boyfriend’s

A local drone enthusiast caught a surfer waving to his drone this week as a shark swam right under her board.

A local drone enthusiast caught a surfer waving to his drone this week as a shark swam right under her board.

A seven-year study of California’s soupfin sharks by San Diego researchers has revealed the first conclusive case in the animal kingdom of triennial philopatry — meaning the sharks return to the same location every three years, researchers said Wednesday.

According to the city’s shark-awareness page, the city has been seeing a rise in shark sightings, reports NBC 7’s Claudette Stefanian

The Shark Lab at Cal State University Long Beach told the Los Angeles Times this month that researchers tagged 38 white sharks this year, more than three times as many as last year, reports NBC 7’s Bridget Naso.

A San Diego Shark researcher shares why he thought more sharks may be off SoCal coast