"They're wild animals, so sometimes accidents like this do happen," he said.

"The sharks and the humans are both on the water's edge more frequently in the summer," said Dr. Nick Whitney, senior ...

Nantucket banned swimming around the Great Point beach area after several attacks on seals, and Long Island has deployed drones and WaveRunner lifeguards to monitor for sharks.

Nantucket beachgoers got a front-row seat to a great white shark devouring a seal close to shore over the weekend, as swimmers were told to get out of the water.

As Cronin, 18, snapped photos of Bowles, 19, around 7:30 p.m., a great white shark moved through the water nearby, its dorsal ...

A large tiger shark carcass washed shore on Nantucket off Cape Cod, Mass., Tuesday, in a rare event that piqued the interest of scientists. Unfortunately, the shark washed back to sea despite ...