The sharks are here. The water temperature in the Gulf of Maine is well below average for this time of year, which should not surprise anyone considering how cold the air temperature has been. This ...
A 14-foot-long thresher shark died Tuesday after becoming stranded in shallow water off the coast of Massachusetts. The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), a nonprofit organization that ...
The pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) is a highly migratory species found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, often known for its long, whip-like tail. In response to the ...
The afternoon of July 30, Connecticut anglers Ed Lovely (blue shirt) and Moe Giovanni hooked a heavy shark in Long Island Sound in about 40-foot depths. "I was using a 30W Okuma reel spooled with ...
In the boundless blue of the open ocean, few creatures command both beauty and power quite like the thresher shark. With a tail stretching almost as long as its body, this enigmatic predator turns ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...
Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The big ...
It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means sharks are top of mind. Unlike Cape Cod or Florida, Rhode Island isn't known for its sharks. The are very few confirmed bites in the state's ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — When most people think of sharks, their minds go to deep-sea expeditions or the movie "Jaws." But for two Connecticut fishermen, it became a real-life experience on a small boat in ...