sharks

Scientists have discovered something new about the basking shark, which lives in Cape Cod waters during this time of year.

As seals return to the waters off the Cape and Islands, white sharks aren’t far behind. And, it turns out, they aren’t the only seal-hunting sharks in our waters.

Shark researchers will be turning their attention to a different part of the Cape this summer, in an effort to learn more about juvenile white sharks.

With just five guests and one journalist, this nearly private tour happens on a 35-foot fishing boat. But the only thing they’ll be fishing for is an eyeful of a feared and fascinating ocean predator: the great white shark.

A large great white shark paid a visit off the coast of Nantucket on Friday. OCEARCH researchers confirmed this is the largest male great white shark that they tagged in the Western North Atlantic. He measures 13 feet nine inches long and is an estimated 1,653 pounds.

Caroline Collatos is a PhD candidate at UMass Boston working with the New England Aquarium. She spends her days on the island researching sandbar sharks.

This weekend marks 50 years since “Jaws” first opened in theaters in 1975. Tomorrow in Edgartown, an outdoor screening will put the music from the film in the spotlight, as the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra plays the entire score, live, as the audience watches “Jaws.”

On Cape Cod, this 50th anniversary summer will be filled with the latest in shark research.

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