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Tail-whipping thresher sharks are giving fishermen some thrills on the ocean and plenty of steaks on the grill.
Threshers are not named for the thrashing motion of their tail, as many assume. Instead, their name comes from a farming ...
The recent accidental catch of a “very large” thresher shark off Rhode Island was fortuitous in that the shark was safely released and continues to provide researchers with important data.
It was the second thresher shark to have stranded in the area since Aug. 18, when a 12-foot shark washed ashore. Experts are still trying to determine the reason for both strandings.
QUEENS, N.Y. – A large thresher shark washed ashore at a New York City beach, and the shocking moment was all captured on camera. Zoe Berger was at Rockaway Beach in Queens on Monday when she ...
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 ...
The common thresher shark that washed up on Sunset Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. The shark was photographed by Alex Aitkenhead, who made the rare sighting. Alex Aitkenhead/www.alexaitkenhead.co.za ...
A giant 11ft thresher shark was found dead on Par Beach in Cornwall by a dog walker on New Year's ... More Day. On New Year’s Day, the body of a male 4.25m (13.9 feet) thresher shark washed up ...
A thresher shark was found washed up on Duxbury Beach on Thursday morning, officials said. Duxbury Beach Operations shared photos of the discovery, describing the shark being about 13 feet in length.
A vulnerable thresher shark got stuck Monday afternoon on Rockaway Beach, but a fearless beachgoer was able to drag the struggling fish back to the safety of its home in the deep.