sharks

Safety officials are still trying to find patterns in the series of shark attacks on the North Carolina coast that might help keep the key tourism region safe for visitors, Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday.

Over the past three weeks, half a dozen people have been attacked by sharks off the coast of North Carolina. That has some Garden State residents wondering if the same kind of scenario could unfold at the Jersey Shore.

Sharks attacking dolphins, or at least trying to, probably happens quite a bit and we never even know about it. Nonetheless, a visitor to one South Jersey beach over the weekend snapped a picture which might indicate sharks are getting extra hungry.

They ran “JAWS 4 The Revenge” on AMC this weekend, combined with the shark named Mary lee that is being tracked off the Jersey shore, it reminds me of one of the funniest bits I’ve ever seen by my all time favorite comedian Richard Jeni.

Dennis is a huge fisherman and this video even shocked him.

CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) -- In "Jaws," the fictional mayor tried to protect the summer tourism season by keeping a lid on reports of the man-eater lurking offshore. As sightings of great white sharks mount off Cape Cod in real life, however, businesses in the Massachusetts town of Chatham are embracing the frenzy.

A couple of recent sightings in New Jersey waters can serve as evidence for new research that cites a growing number of great white sharks along the East Coast.

A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline -- bad news if you're a seal, but something experts say shouldn't instill fear in beachgoers this summer.

Shark attacks are very rare in New Jersey waters, but that doesn't mean these ocean predators aren't all around us.

A New Jersey teenager is recovering at home from wounds he suffered when he was bitten by what he believes was a shark while on vacation in Florida.