The Real Shark Week Story Isn’t Attacks, It’s How Rare They Are

Shark Week floods screens with dramatic bite footage every summer, but the actual numbers tell a completely different story ...

Meet ‘Megalodon’ — The 60-Foot Shark With A Bite Force That Could Crush A Car

Science has spent decades trying to reconstruct Megalodon, the most powerful predator the oceans ever produced. The picture that emerges is more unsettling than legend.
Yahoo

300-Million-Year-Old ‘Godzilla Shark’ Finally Has a Real Name

In 2013, paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett stumbled upon a 300-million-year-old fossil near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fossil revealed a complete skeleton of a 6.7-foot-long shark with powerful jaws ...
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Has a Shark Ever Come Close to the Size of 'The Meg' in Real Life?

Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

Shark bites are forcing Australia to choose between culls and sensors, and the safer answer may already be flying over the water

Australia's beach safety is evolving. Drones and smart sensors are replacing shark nets to keep swimmers safe and marine life protected.
The Boston Globe

Real-time shark detection devices deployed in Maine waters

Two shark detection receivers are being deployed in Maine waters to monitor the presence of tagged white sharks in real time. One receiver was deployed in Saco Bay last week and a second one will be ...
Boston Herald

Shark activity remains high off Cape Cod, researchers warn as they remove real-time detection receivers

Cape Cod great white shark researchers are warning that shark activity remains high around the region even as they remove their five real-time white shark detection receivers along the coast. The ...