The Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach University may have to shut down programs and stop providing vital safety information to lifeguards about nearby sharks.
Florida vacationers should be wary after an ocean organization said that a 10-foot great white shark pinged off the coast of the Sunshine State this week.
Capt. Craig Marcum, the owner of Sea Tow Venice, whose company towed the remains of a whale back out to sea this week after it was beached, captured video of sharks feeding on the carcass.
LeeBeth, a 14-foot white shark, made history by traveling further into the Gulf of Mexico than any previously tracked white shark. Her journey could provide clues to help the species.
Researchers said that LeeBeth the shark is the furthest west a white shark has been tracked in the Gulf of Mexico, and that the shark's journey was over 2,000 miles.
An 11-year-old girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries when she was bitten on her left foot by what appeared to be a shark, according to local reports.