In the past week, the institute has tagged two great white sharks in Rhode Island. While Dodd wouldn’t reveal the exact ...

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 ...

On Monday, May 26, a shark, estimated to be 20 feet long, was spotted swimming in Great Salt Pond off of Block Island, according to a video from Jen Seebeck who was enjoying dinner at Dead Eye ...

The Atlantic Shark Institute recently tagged a couple of great whites near Rhode Island beaches. The institute also got ...

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 ...

A woman dining near Rhode Island’s Great Salt Pond spotted the fins of a “very large” shark in the water and started filming, capturing the marine creature swimming by boaters, her video ...

A massive basking shark spotted off the coast of Block Island drew comparisons to "Jaws." By Max Molski • Published May 29, 2025 • Updated on May 29, 2025 at 11:48 am ...

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 ...

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 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.