Thresher shark strandings increase during fall as the marine animals struggle to navigate Cape Cod waters while migrating ...

A strange shark with a remarkably large tail was found washed up on a beach in South Africa in a "very rare" sighting. Wildlife photographers Alex and Juanita Aitkenhead stumbled across the shark's ...

“We were fishing southeast of Newport in sight of land and picking up some nice cod, fluke and sea bass in about 90 feet of water,” said Greg Vespe, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater ...

“When the shark surfaced, its tail slapped the water into a froth a few times,” said Greg Vespe, former Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association executive director, who is in awe of thresher sharks.

An endangered or threatened species listing may be warranted for the common thresher shark, the National Marine Fisheries Service says. ADVERTISING An endangered or threatened species listing may be ...

Shark attacks are extraordinarily rare in Rhode Island. According to the International Shark Attack Files, there have only been two confirmed unprovoked attacks in the Ocean State. The word "confirms" ...

The stubborn Arctic cold that in the northeastern part of the country has been linked to 17 deaths and forced Niagra Falls to partially freeze over may also be responsible for a rash of shark ...

On March 3, 2015, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued two Federal Register notices – a 90-day finding on a petition (pdf) to list the Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) as either ...

Two Staten Island fisherman caught a 423-pound common thresher shark off the coast of Great Kills Harbor last Thursday. Great Kills resident Frank Gunther, who captained the Tuna Kahuna, and Thomas ...