The shark shook him back and forth "like a rag-doll", Coots says, until he managed to punch it three times on the nose, cutting his hand against its teeth as he did so. "It wasn't until I was ...

The remains of a 3.6-metre female shortfin mako shark, seen in this handout photo, were found near Port Dufferin, N.S., on June 14, 2025. The rope on its tail was attached after it was found to ...

The remains of a 3.6-metre female shortfin mako shark, seen in this handout photo, were found near Port Dufferin, N.S., on June 14, 2025. The rope on its tail was attached after it was found to ...

It is unusual to find this type of shark near shore. "They're usually offshore in warmer waters in the Gulf Stream, on the banks," Wimmer said. "It is a very rare thing for them to be this close to ...

In 2002, several makos were caught during a shark fishing derby 16 kilometres from Halifax harbour. Two years later, a massive 1,085-pound mako was landed in Yarmouth, N.S., where it was hauled away ...

PORT DUFFERIN — A marine animal rescue group has confirmed a rare but unfortunate find on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. The Halifax-based Marine Animal Response Society says the remains of a large, ...

This 15-week-old zebra shark, like all zebra sharks, had developed in an egg. But that egg had been laid at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia and was flown to Indonesia, where it hatched in a ...

Contender has been off the radar for nearly a month, since the trackers only locate a signal when the shark's dorsal fin is exposed to the water's surface. Last week, the 1,653-pound shark was pinged ...