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The state's coast is the perfect setting for many extreme summer sports, including scuba diving and parasailing.
Executive Director of the Atlantic Research Institute and researcher John Dodd first spotted blacktip sharks off the coast of Rhode Island in 2020. In Florida, this species of shark is well-known ...
These sharks have been compared to a sports car by University of Rhode Island Professor Brad Wetherbee, who studies the species and has tagged them in the waters between Pt. Judith and Block Island.
Basking sharks, which prefer cooler temperatures, regularly appear in Rhode Island waters at this time of year. "This is a shark that we will see fairly consistently," Dodd said.
"Clearly a very large shark and reminiscent of a scene from Jaws on this 50th anniversary of the film," the organization said.. Basking shark sighting in Rhode Island. Unlike the titular creature ...
Diners enjoying a meal by Rhode Island's Great Salt Pond spotted a basking shark, estimated to be 20 feet long, swimming in the small body of water near Block Island on Monday, May 26.
Rhode Island diners got to feast their eyes on a massive 20-foot shark spotted lurking dangerously close to a small boat in a pond on Block Island, according to authorities.
This image, captured by Deb Dauphinais during a dive with her husband near Jamestown, Rhode Island, depicts a young shark entangled in a work glove on Sept. 11, 2023. (Debra Dauphinais via AP) ...
Drivers will spot more sharks on Rhode Island roads after another round of Atlantic Shark Institute fundraising license plates is distributed Saturday.. Owners of commercial vehicles who ordered ...
Basking shark sighting in Rhode Island. Unlike the titular creature in "Jaws," this shark is no bloodthirsty great white.Atlantic Shark Institute executive director Jon Dodd says this is a basking ...