Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

It’s Shark Week, and Cape Cod is one of the most popular regions in the world for great white sharks.

Real-time shark detection of tagged sharks off five popular beaches helps educate the public about how much time sharks are spending in the area. But many more untagged sharks are in local waters, scientists say.

Shark researchers expect to learn a lot from data collected by a new tag attached to a shark off South Carolina.

Two surfers had a close call with a shark recently. It's a reminder that sharks are present in Cape Cod waters long after the summer beach season ends.

Shark scientists from the state and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy have deployed acoustic receivers along the coast to detect tagged sharks. Their goals are twofold: to develop knowledge of the sharks’ long-term behavior, and to protect beachgoers in real time.

White sharks are arriving in Massachusetts waters for the summer, and researchers who study shark behavior off Cape Cod are testing some new techniques.

Since the 2018 fatal shark bite off Wellfleet, researchers' emphasis has shifted to predicting when and where white sharks will be hunting for seals in shallow waters.

Thirteen research groups and government agencies have formed a consortium to share information about white sharks in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, and…