Capt. Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark. The big ...

The sighting of a large shark in Block Island's Great Salt Pond caused a stir over Memorial Day weekend. The Atlantic Shark Institute received "a number of calls" on May 26th as they "were treated to ...

Rhode Island diners got to feast their eyes on a massive 20-foot shark lurking dangerously close to a small boat in a pond on Block Island, according to authorities. Local Jen Seebeck recorded the ...

PROVIDENCE – It feels like something straight out of “Jaws” – minus that terrifying music. The camera follows the protruding shark fin gliding across the water’s surface in coastal New England, as a ...

NEW LONDON, Conn. (WFSB) - A large shark spotted near Block Island is causing a stir online. A 20 foot basking shark was spotted in the Great Salt Pond near Block Island on Memorial Day. The species ...

The Atlantic Shark Institute documented a great white shark in Rhode Island waters for the first time using an underwater video system. The juvenile female shark was filmed by a baited remote ...

“We’ve been reviewing a lot of footage over the years and had to do a triple take on that one,” said Jon Dodd, of the Atlantic Shark Institute PROVIDENCE – For the Atlantic Shark Institute, catching a ...