THE TIGER SHARK was four times heavier than the muscular stonemason who was bracing his 190-pound, six-foot body against the shark’s first run. His 16/0 big-game reel gave line grudgingly and his ...

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is among the most unusual and least understood predators in the ocean. Deep-dwelling, ...

With the ongoing shark depredation problem in the Gulf, anglers have been scratching their heads in search of solutions to deal with losing hooked fish constantly to the aggressive predators. I've ...

A recent global study reviewed over 160 scientific papers covering 147 shark species, focusing on what happens after their release. Sleek and powerful, a single dorsal fin slices through deep blue ...

Are you one of those fishermen chasing social media clout by landing a great white shark? Well, Bay State marine officials are sending a message: They have added “teeth” to regulations to restrict ...

Hopefully the sharks are warning each other about the Cape’s “fish trap.” Yet another thresher shark washed up dead on a Cape beach over the weekend — the second shark that was recently found stranded ...

This story, “Big-Game Fishing’s Greatest Catch,” appeared in the April 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Maxwell’s 1964 tiger shark remains tied for the all-tackle world-record (with a shark caught off the ...