Tag: Shark

  • 8-foot mako shark filmed fighting fishermen for swordfish

    8-foot mako shark filmed fighting fishermen for swordfish

    After successfully catching a large swordfish in the Coral Sea, a fishing crew found themselves in a game of tug of war against a mako shark, the predator determined to take the fish for itself. The incident took place around 200 miles off the coast of Queensland, Australia. In the…

  • Boaters spot whale shark off the coast of Florida in rare encounter

    Boaters spot whale shark off the coast of Florida in rare encounter

    While enjoying a day at sea off the coast of Destin, a group of Florida boaters received a surprise visitor: an enormous whale shark swimming near the surface. The boaters were about five miles off the coast when they spotted a shadow beneath the waves. Suddenly, a huge fin dorsal…

  • Hawaiian surfer films close encounter with 20-foot great white shark

    Hawaiian surfer films close encounter with 20-foot great white shark

    While foil surfing off the coast of Hawaii, a man had a close encounter with a great white shark estimated to be around 20 feet in length. According to lifeguards and other outdoorsmen, it’s a local in the area. The sighting occurred off the coast of Oahu, when Nick Kapule…

  • Shark bites, deflates boat full of people during sardine run

    Shark bites, deflates boat full of people during sardine run

    While observing marine wildlife off the coast of South Africa, a wildlife veterinarian and her students nearly found themselves in the Atlantic when a shark in search of lunch chomped down on their inflatable boat, causing it to deflate rapidly on one side. When Emily Cehrs boarded a Safari4U dinghy…

  • Great white sharks filmed sharing waves with surfers in California

    Great white sharks filmed sharing waves with surfers in California

    Drone footage taken at a popular California beach captured at least four juvenile great white sharks swimming alongside surfers – sometimes mere feet from their boards. The footage was posted on Sunday by wildlife photographer Kevin Christopherson, who had just visited San Onofre State Beach, a popular San Diego surf…

  • Tiger shark filmed attacking sea turtle off the coast of Australia

    Tiger shark filmed attacking sea turtle off the coast of Australia

    Between the orca uprising, the surge of great white sharks off the east coast, and the slow rebounding of species such as the gray seal and the smalltooth sawfish, sightings of the marine food chain in action have become increasingly common. A tiger shark doing its best to devour a…

  • Great white shark filmed swimming alongside paddleboarder in California

    Great white shark filmed swimming alongside paddleboarder in California

    While on the waters off the coast of San Diego, a paddleboarder looked down into the water and realized he wasn’t alone in his exercise – swimming silently alongside him was the “unmistakable shadow” of a great white shark under the surface. As the California man paddles along, it’s initially…

  • Great white shark sightings spark swimming ban at popular beach

    Great white shark sightings spark swimming ban at popular beach

    A recent surge in great white shark sightings has sparked a swimming ban at Great Point, a popular beach on Nantucket, a small island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Per the Trustees of Reservations, no swimming is allowed at Great Point beyond mile marker 5 of the Coskata-Coatue…

  • Hammerhead shark filmed hunting stingray near family’s boat

    Hammerhead shark filmed hunting stingray near family’s boat

    While spending a day on the water with his young sons, a Florida fisherman caught an incredible sight on video: a large hammerhead shark hunting down a stingray, both predator and prey swimming directly under their boat. As the footage begins, it’s clear the family spotted the shark first. “He’s…

  • Dead seal washes ashore following shark ‘feast’ off the coast of Massachusetts

    Dead seal washes ashore following shark ‘feast’ off the coast of Massachusetts

    As wondrous and beautiful as nature can be, it’s equally gruesome and cruel. Visitors at a Massachusetts beach recently got a firsthand look at the latter when they stumbled upon a dead seal, half its body missing after suffering a shark attack. Beachgoers discovered the seal on Humarock Beach, the…

  • Basking shark ‘bigger than a great white’ filmed feet from swimmers

    Basking shark ‘bigger than a great white’ filmed feet from swimmers

    While enjoying a day in the sun off the coast of north Wales, a group of boaters was awestruck to see a massive basking shark “bigger than a great white” swimming close by. It was an ideal day on the water, the boaters said. There were very few boats in…

  • Hammerhead sharks filmed near swimmers at two Florida beaches

    Hammerhead sharks filmed near swimmers at two Florida beaches

    While enjoying the surf and sun on Fourth of July weekend, a group of swimmers at a Florida beach received an unexpected visitor: a large hammerhead shark that ventured to the shallows to feed. The startling incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Perdido Key, a barrier island on the Florida…

  • Hammerhead shark filmed following paddleboarder in rare sighting

    Hammerhead shark filmed following paddleboarder in rare sighting

    While making her way from the Bahamas to Florida with nothing but a paddleboard between herself and the deep ocean below, Malea Tribble received an unexpected visitor: a great hammerhead shark. A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Tribble was making the marathon trek as part of the Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis…

  • 50 tiger sharks filmed in feeding frenzy on humpback whale carcass

    50 tiger sharks filmed in feeding frenzy on humpback whale carcass

    When a humpback whale perished off the coast of Hervey Bay, Australia, dozens of tiger sharks flocked to the carcass for an easy meal, prompting wildlife officials to urge against swimming and boating in the area. Queensland rangers first found the whale, believed to have died from natural causes. When…

  • Shark pulls fisherman overboard in Florida Everglades

    Shark pulls fisherman overboard in Florida Everglades

    Keeping your hands and feet inside the boat while exploring the Florida Everglades is crucial to maintaining safety – a lesson one fisherman learned the hard way when a shark latched onto his dangling hands, wrenching him overboard and into the murky water below. After hours spent fishing, handling bait…

  • Florida diver finds two of the largest megalodon teeth ever discovered

    Florida diver finds two of the largest megalodon teeth ever discovered

    A “treasure hunter at heart,” Captain Michael Nastasio is no stranger to the waters of Florida. Through all the wonders he’s found under the sea, however, one of his most recent discoveries topped them all: two 6-inch megalodon shark teeth, among the largest ever discovered. Along with its thriving reptile…

  • Whale shark spotted bottom-feeding in first-of-its-kind footage

    Whale shark spotted bottom-feeding in first-of-its-kind footage

    For the first time in history, a whale shark was filmed feeding at the bottom of the ocean, the mountainous fish sending sediment flying as it scrounged the sea floor for food. The unusual behavior not only fascinated scientists but demonstrated just how little we know about the threatened species.…

  • Shark bites 600-pound marlin, costs fishing crew $3.5 million prize

    Shark bites 600-pound marlin, costs fishing crew $3.5 million prize

    A competitive fishing crew is filing a protest after their 619-pound catch was disqualified from a North Carolina tournament due to a shark bite, costing the fishermen $3.5 million in prize money. On the final day of the 65th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, the fishing crew aboard the…

  • Great white shark ‘open completely’ washes ashore hours after orca hunt

    Great white shark ‘open completely’ washes ashore hours after orca hunt

    Port and Starboard, the pair of male orcas infamous for their shark-hunting prowess, struck again off the coast of South Africa. Following the orcas’ documented hunting spree, a dead great white shark washed ashore, its body “open completely.” According to the Mossel Bay Oceans Research Institute, Port and Starboard were…

  • Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups pulled from ocean

    Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups pulled from ocean

    A trawler recently pulled a 1,760-pound goblin shark from the waters off the coast of Taiwan. Not only was the deep-sea shark the largest ever caught in the area but it was also pregnant with 6 pups, making it an even more fascinating find. The deep-sea fishermen who caught the…

  • Great white sharks aren’t nearly as dangerous as we think, study finds

    Great white sharks aren’t nearly as dangerous as we think, study finds

    If you know one shark statistic, it’s this: great whites attack more humans than any other species. That statement, combined with the villainous caricature with which great whites have been shouldered for decades, makes for one terrifying animal. The truth, however, is that great white sharks aren’t villains or monsters…

  • Hammerhead sharks surround group of boaters in ‘dramatic’ footage

    Hammerhead sharks surround group of boaters in ‘dramatic’ footage

    While anchored off Robinson Island, a popular destination for sun-seekers in Orange Beach, Alabama, a mixture of panic, surprise, and amusement broke out amongst a large group of boaters when a school of hammerhead sharks appeared in the water below. The unexpected wildlife encounter, which took place on Saturday, June…

  • Divers film ‘incredibly rare’ sixgill shark in once-in-a-lifetime encounter

    Divers film ‘incredibly rare’ sixgill shark in once-in-a-lifetime encounter

    A group of scuba divers are counting their lucky stars after experiencing a close encounter with a bluntnose sixgill shark during a recent dive in Alberni Inlet in Canada. In late May, Connor McTavish and his fellow divers, Garrett Clement, Danton West, and Matteo Endrizzi, took a day to explore…

  • Men filmed ‘riding’ 6-foot shark on Florida beach

    Men filmed ‘riding’ 6-foot shark on Florida beach

    Over the weekend, beachgoers in Panama City Beach, Florida, sparked major controversy when they were filmed dragging a shark to shore before two men sat on top of it. Photos and videos of the incident quickly went viral, with responses ranging from confusion to amusement to anger. The men themselves…

  • Great white sharks filmed eating dead humpback whale off the coast of New York

    Great white sharks filmed eating dead humpback whale off the coast of New York

    Over the weekend, New York and New Jersey experienced the heartbreaking event of not one but two dead humpback whales floating near the shore. For some in the animal kingdom, including one hungry great white shark, however, it wasn’t a tragedy but an easy meal. Make no mistake, great whites…