Sharks

The canals of Buttonwood Harbour aren't usually home to sharks, but hundreds of bonnethead, lemon, and nurse sharks trying to survive red tide have found themselves gathered there indefinitely.

It’s long been known that the waters off Miami are a shark hotspot but scientists have just discovered they’re also critical habitat for one endangered and iconic species — the great hammerhead shark

An extinction event about 19 million years ago decimated shark populations by up to 90%, researchers say. 

A fishing captain with Anna Maria Charters and his customers got a few surprise visitors on Wednesday when three whale sharks swam up to their boat 30 miles off the coast of Anna Maria Island.

State wildlife officials are trying to better understand increased encounters between sharks and people fishing in Florida waters.

FWC is investigating after images on social media apparently showed boaters capturing and posing with a young tiger shark. One witness said the shark was alive and dragged to a spring, then "tormented" by onlookers.

This week, everything from orcas to humpback whales were spotted in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, one of OCEARCH’s tagged sharks is paying a visit to Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The Sarasota Police Department dive team was treated to a feeding frenzy during an offshore training exercise, but the buffet wasn’t for the officers.

The family, visiting from Minnesota, decided to head to the beach while they waited for their Miami Beach hotel room.