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Drivers will spot more sharks on Rhode Island roads after another round of Atlantic Shark Institute fundraising license plates is distributed Saturday. Owners of commercial vehicles who ordered ...
In the past week, the institute has tagged two great white sharks in Rhode Island. While Dodd wouldn’t reveal the exact ...
This image, captured by Deb Dauphinais during a dive with her husband near Jamestown, Rhode Island, depicts a young shark entangled in a work glove on Sept. 11, 2023. (Debra Dauphinais via AP) ...
Shark attacks are extraordinarily rare in Rhode Island. According to the International Shark Attack Files, there have only been two confirmed unprovoked attacks in the Ocean State.
A group of Rhode Island fishermen caught a great white shark in Narragansett. (Eric Willer) "To see them is a real treat, never mind to then have it swim around the boat," Dodd said.
A great white shark was caught on Sunday by fisherman in Rhode Island waters. The six-foot shark was caught about 3/4 of a mile off Misquamicut Beach around 12:30 p.m., according to a Facebook ...
A pair of shark species responsible for at least 24% of Florida's shark bites have been spotted off Rhode Island in recent summers, apparently drawn by warming waters, a local shark researcher says.
As of June 1, the Rhode Island DMV said the specialty plate is number one, with more than 11,000 on the road, followed by the Plum Beach Lighthouse, the Ribbon of Hope Gloria Gemma, the New ...
Blacktip sharks Executive Director of the Atlantic Research Institute and researcher John Dodd first spotted blacktip sharks off the coast of Rhode Island in 2020. In Florida, this species of shark is ...
PROVIDENCE — Maybe great white sharks can host a podcast. The sound-emitting tags researchers affixed to the dorsal fins of the first two great white sharks ever tagged in Rhode Island waters ...
Just passing through: Why sharks don’t seem to stop in Rhode Island on their way to Cape Cod By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated July 23, 2019, 6:00 a.m.