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From great white sharks to the fastest shark in the world, here's some of the sharks you might encounter in Rhode Island.
Here are four creatures that might bite, pinch, or sting in the water in and around Rhode Island. Clinging jellyfish are dime ...
PROVIDENCE — It’s not as though Rhode Island’s 400 miles of coastline are any less attractive than the beaches of Cape Cod. But those menacing Atlantic white sharks that frighten folks on ...
A great white shark was caught on Sunday by fisherman in Rhode Island waters. The six-foot shark was caught about 3/4 of a mile off Misquamicut Beach around 12:30 p.m., according to a Facebook ...
On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, an eight-foot female sand tiger shark washed ashore at Salty Brine Beach in Narragansett. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) found ...
PROVIDENCE — Maybe great white sharks can host a podcast. The sound-emitting tags researchers affixed to the dorsal fins of the first two great white sharks ever tagged in Rhode Island waters ...
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) ...
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WJAR) — A group of Rhode Island fishermen had an unusual catch in Narragansett Wednesday morning. Aboard the Lady Frances, part of the Frances Fleet, a small great white ...