Third Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island was temporarily closed to swimmers on Wednesday due to a possible shark sighting. An investigation by lifeguards, police, and the harbormaster found no evidence ...

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. – A 20-foot shark sighting in a New England pond sent ripples of panic and excitement across the popular summer tourist destination on Memorial Day.

A customer at a Rhode Island restaurant this week captured an extraordinary scene on video as a giant shark surfaced behind boaters in Great Salt Pond. In the footage, as the shark’s fins slice ...

As of June 1, the Rhode Island DMV said the specialty plate is number one, with more than 11,000 on the road, followed by the Plum Beach Lighthouse, the Ribbon of Hope Gloria Gemma, the New ...

More 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 ...

A customer at a Rhode Island restaurant this week captured an extraordinary scene on video as a giant shark surfaced behind boaters in Great Salt Pond. In the footage, as the shark’s fins slice ...

“We went up to Canada this past weekend, my daughter and I were in line at the Canadian border, and right next to us was a Rhode Island shark plate, and we were like, ‘This is unbelievable, we ...

A 20-foot basking shark was spotted recently swimming near Block Island off the Rhode Island coast. An unusually large visitor spent its Memorial Day in New England this year.

It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means sharks are top of mind. Unlike Cape Cod or Florida, Rhode Island isn't known for its sharks. The are very few confirmed bites in the state's ...