Hawaii researchers spot world's largest fish slurping up anchovies
Researchers filmed a 30-foot whale shark luring a school of anchovies into its meter-wide mouth off the coast of Oahu.
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Researchers filmed a 30-foot whale shark luring a school of anchovies into its meter-wide mouth off the coast of Oahu.
One man said it was a great white shark. Another said he "saw him in the wave and the shark had his body in his mouth -- it was pretty gruesome."
The new species of ancient "scraper tooth" shark found in Kentucky has been named after a guide who provided "outstanding field support" for paleontological inventory.
"It kind of looked at both of us ... got its equilibrium back and then swam off back to where it is supposed to be," Deb Dauphinais said.
Both swimmers had non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The video of the sharks received millions of views on TikTok, raising questions about this behavior and how common it is.
New York City's Rockaway Beach was closed to swimmers and surfers Tuesday after a woman was bitten in the leg by a shark Monday while swimming close to shore. She remains in serious condition. CBS News New York reporter John Dias has more.
She was bitten on a leg as fellow beachgoers looked on in disbelief.
Cape Cod is experiencing a "white shark abundance," according to a new report from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, UMass Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. It's the first time that's happened in the North Atlantic. The study also says more than 300 different types of sharks have been tracked across the area. Dr. Greg Skomal, senior fisheries biologist at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the findings.
Large amounts of cocaine, often brought to the U.S. on boats, wash up on U.S. coasts annually. Researchers went to the Florida Keys to see how sharks might react.
Lifeguards on New York's Long Island beaches are on high alert after at least five people were bitten by sharks in the area since Monday. Meg Oliver has more.
At least five shark bites have been reported in recent days off New York's Long Island. State officials are warning increases in shark sightings are now the "new normal." CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver has the latest.
Officials in Long Island, New York, have increased drone patrols over beaches following shark attacks and sightings in the past few days. CBS News correspondent Bradley Blackburn has more.
Sharks may be portrayed as villains in movies, but they're actually "not dangerous to humans," experts say. Here's what to know.
At least 19 shark attacks have been reported in the United States this year.
Long Island beaches are on high alert after a teen was bitten by a shark. Officials say two teens were injured in the water on Monday, but only one of the injuries has been confirmed as a shark bite. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano reports from New York.
Three people have been bitten by sharks in the past two days in the waters off New York's Long Island. None of the attacks were life threatening. Ocean experts say East Coast shark bites tend to occur when sharks are chasing schooling fishes. Lilia Luciano has more.
Moments after saying "two seconds" of having his hands in the water won't do anything, a shark latched onto a Florida man's hand.
Members of the crew filed a protest after their enormous catch was disqualified from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
"We were trying to get it away and it wasn't having any of it," one of the show's producers said. "It was horrific."
Egypt's Environment Ministry said the man was killed after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada.
The great white shark is one of the most infamous ocean-dwellers on the planet, and now, researchers are on the verge of discovering where they mate in the Atlantic. Carter Evans joined those scientists 12 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
"We're seeing an ocean that's teeming with life like we haven't seen since the '40s or '50s," Chris Fischer, founder of a research organization that tracks great white sharks, told CBS News.
Researchers tracking migratory patterns of great white sharks say there are increasing numbers of the predator off East Coast waters. Carter Evans reports.
The woman remains hospitalized in what police described as serious condition.